Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae subunit vaccine

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to live attenuated bacteria of the genus  Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae  that have a mutation in an apxIV gene such that no functional ApxIV toxin can be produced. The invention also relates to methods for the production of such bacteria. Also vaccines comprising such bacteria and methods for the production of such vaccines are part of the invention. The invention further relates to subunit vaccines comprising an ApxIV toxin, to methods for the production of such vaccines and to methods for the protection of animals against infection with bacteria of the genus  Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae . In addition, the invention relates to the promotor of the apxIV gene. Finally, the invention relates to diagnostic tests for the selective diagnosis of  Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae  infections and to diagnostic tests discriminating between  Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae  field strains and vaccine strains.

[0001] The present invention relates to live attenuated bacteria of the genus Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, having a mutation in a gene encoding a toxin, methods for the production of such bacteria, to vaccines comprising such bacteria, methods for the production of such vaccines, to vaccines comprising a toxin, methods for the production of such vaccines and methods for the protection of animals against infection with bacteria of the genus Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae.

[0002] Bacteria belonging to the genus Actinobacillus all produce so-called RTX-oxins. (RTX stands for repeat in toxin).

[0003] It is the presence of these RTX-toxins that highly contributes to the pathogenic character of these bacteria.

[0004] The RTX-toxins have been extensively reviewed by Braun et al. (Critical Rev. in Microbiol. 18(2): 115-158 (1991)). RTX-toxins in Gram-negative strains have also been reviewed in Welch, R. A. (Molecular Microbiology 5/3: 521-528 (1991)) and in Welch et al. (Inf. Agents and Disease 4: 254-272 (1995)).

[0005] All known RTX-toxins display some kind of cytotoxic or cytolytic activity. The target-cell- and host-specificity differ however, depending on the toxin and on differences in acylation (McWhinney et al.; J. Bact. 174: 291-297 (1992) and Hackett et al.; J. Biol. Chem. 270: 20250-20253 (1995)). As a result of the difference in target cells, the various toxins of the RTX-toxin family are known e.g. as haemolysin, cytolysin or cytotoxin.

[0006] The genus Actinobacillus comprises a number of different species, inter alia, Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, A. actinomycetemcomitans, A. suis, A. rossii, A. equuli and A. lignieresii.

[0007]Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae produces serotype-dependent RTX-toxins that are cytotoxic/cytolytic to pig, horse, bovine and human erythrocytes, to rabbit and porcine neutrophils and to porcine alveolar macrophages. (Rosendal et al; Am. J. Vet. Res. 49: 1053-1058 (1988), Maudsley J. R. and Kadis S; Can. J. Microbiol. 32: 801-805 (1986), Frey. J and Nicolet. J; Inf. & Imm. 56:2570-2575 (1988), Bendixon et al; Inf. & Imm. 33: 673-676 (1981), Kamp, E. M. and van Leengoed, L. A. M. G.; J. Clin. Microbiol. 27: 1187-1191 (1989)).

[0008] Infections with Actinobacillus in pigs are the cause of severe economic losses to pig industry, due to acute mortality in young pigs and reduced weight gain in older animals.

[0009] The genetic organisation of the operons involved in the synthesis, activation and transportation of the RTX toxins in Gram-negative bacteria has been reviewed recently by Coote, J. G. (FEMS Microbiology reviews 88: 137-162 (1992)). Frey has specifically reviewed the known three RTX-toxins in Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae in Bacterial Protein Toxins, Zbl Bakt. Suppl. 24, p. 322-, Freer et al. (Eds.), Gustaf Fischer, Stutttgart, Jena, N.Y., 1994.

[0010] In Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, this kind of RTX-operon contains four genes: the actual Toxin-gene (A), an Activator-gene (C), and two genes (B and D) encoding proteins involved in secretion of the toxin into the surrounding medium. The primary translation-product of the Toxin-gene (A) is a non-toxic protein, of which the toxic activity is activated by the Activator-gene (C) product.

[0011] Until recently, it was assumed that only three RTX-toxins, all having the above-described genetic organisation or at least having the Toxin-gene (A) and Activator-gene (C), existed in Actinobacillus species.

[0012] These three RTX-toxins, ApxI, Apx-II and Apx-III have respectively a pronounced haemolytic activity (ApxI), a mild haemolytic activity (Apx-II) or a macrophage-cytotoxic activity (Apx-I).

[0013] The various toxic activities are fairly randomly divided over the serotypes. There are four subgroups:

[0014] a subgroup A, represented by serotypes 1, 5, 9 and 11, producing ApxI and Apx-II,

[0015] a subgroup B, represented by serotypes 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8, producing Apx-II and Apx-III,

[0016] a subgroup C, represented by serotype 10, producing ApxI only,

[0017] a subgroup D, represented by serotype 7 and 12, producing Apx-II only,

[0018] It is known, that ApxI, -II, and -III all are essential elements in universal vaccines against Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae infection: a vaccine not comprising at least ApxI, -II, and -III will not provide protection against all Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotypes. Also, a vaccine not comprising at least the Apx-toxins of one specific serotype Will not even induce protection against that single serotype.

[0019] Subunit vaccines based on in vitro synthesised RTX-toxins from A. pleuropneumoniae that lost their toxicity have been described earlier, e.g. in European Patent EP No. 0.354.628, in which subunit vaccines based upon a haemolysin and a cytotoxin of A. pleuropneumoniae are disclosed, and in European Patent EP No 0.453.024, in which A. pleuropneumoniae subunit vaccines based upon haemolysins, cytotoxins and outer membrane proteins are disclosed.

[0020] There are however four important disadvantages to subunit vaccines in general:

[0021] high amounts of antigenic material are needed in order to adequately trigger the immune system.

[0022] usually, only B-cell immunity is triggered.

[0023] several protective antigens are only triggered in vivo, and therefore can not be present in subunit vaccines.

[0024] a live pathogenic bacterium has many important immunogenic molecules, such as Outer Membrane Proteins and capsular polysaccharides, all potentially important for protection and thus to be included in an efficient subunit vaccine.

[0025] Next to the obvious problems mentioned under points one and two, especially the fourth point makes it difficult to make an efficient subunit vaccine.

[0026] This is e.g. illustrated by the A. pleuropneumoniae subunit vaccine disclosed in European Patent EP No 0.453.024 mentioned above, in which four different subunits (three RTX-toxins and an outer membrane protein) are combined in one vaccine.

[0027] It is clear, that in order to overcome the disadvantages of subunit vaccines against Pasteurellaceae-infection, a live attenuated vaccine would be highly desirable.

[0028] A live attenuated vaccine has the following advantages:

[0029] it can be administered in low doses (it is self-replicating)

[0030] it closely mimics the natural/wild-type infection

[0031] it provides all the possible immunologically important antigens at the same time.

[0032] Nevertheless, in spite of the clear advantages, no live vaccines based on Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae were commercially available prior to the present invention.

[0033] The reason for this lies in the following paradox: as mentioned before, ApxI, -II, and -III all are essential elements of universal vaccines against Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae infection. Live vaccines therefore have to produce these three RTX-toxins. These three RTX-toxins are however strong virulence factors in all Actinobacillus species (see e.g. Coote, J. G.; FEMS Microbiology reviews 88: 137-162 (1992), Tascon et al.; Mol. Microbiol. 14: 207-216 (1994)), Jansen et al.; Inf. & Imm. 63: 27-37 (1995)).

[0034] Deletion of the RTX-toxins in order to attenuate the virulence of live App strains is technically feasible, but this does not provide a solution for the dilemma: such RTX-negative strains would be useless as live attenuated vaccine strains since they do no longer induce immunity in the host against the haemolytic/cytotoxic activity of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae field strains.

[0035] Virulence factors that, although important in the induction of immunity, do play a less important role in building up immunity than ApxI, -II and -III, and thus can in principle be deleted are however currently not known.

[0036] It would thus be highly desirable to have a site on the genome of App that attributes to virulence and therefore leads to an attenuated App strain when modified, whereas at the same time it is, although useful in triggering immunity, dispensable from a vaccine point of view. No such sites are however currently known. Moreover, it would be highly desirable if such a site would be universally present in all App strains, instead of being restricted to certain serotypes. Such a site would then allow all different serotypes to be attenuated by deletion of that same site.

[0037] It is one of the objectives of the present invention to provide such an attenuation site, universally present in all Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae strains regardless their serotype.

[0038] Recently, a new gene was found in a serotype 1 strain of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (Thesis T. J. Anderson November 1995).

[0039] Although this gene does not resemble the known Actinobacillus ApxI, -II and -III genes, it bears resemblance to RTX-toxin genes known from bacteria belonging to Neisseria meningitidis, for which reason it was named RTX-gene apxIV. The gene however differs in almost all aspects from the three known RTX-toxin genes apxI, -II and -III present in the various species of the Actinobacillus family as described above. First of all, the genomic organisation is completely different. Secondly, there is no activator-mechanism as is found for the known Apx-toxins. In the third place, no specific in vivo haemolytic or cytotoxic activity could at that time be attributed to the gene, or it's possible gene product.

[0040] It was now surprisingly found that this gene, fully in contrast with the three known RTX-genes, is present in all bacteria of the species Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, regardless their serotype. This was determined by hybridisation of a probe comprising apxIV coding sequences with restriction fragments of the DNA from Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae of all serotypes as described in Example 6 and 7.

[0041] Unexpectedly it was found now, that apxIV deletion mutants are viable, but they behave less virulent compared to their apxIV-possessing parent strains. Therefore, it was determined that the gene product, the ApxIV toxin is a virulence factor in all Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae strains. This is an unexpected conclusion, since up until now, no effects at al, let alone effects possibly influencing virulence had been attributed to the gene product in vivo. In fact, up until now there was not even proof that the gene was expressed in Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae in vivo or in vitro anyway. It therefore is one of the merits of the invention that it was found that:

[0042] the apxIV gene is present in all A. pleuropneumoniae strains regardless the serotype,

[0043] the apxIV gene product is a virulence factor in all A. pleuropneumoniae serotypes,

[0044]A. pleurapneumoniae strains with a deletion in the apxIV gene are still viable but have a decreased virulence without significantly impairing the immunogenic properties of the strains,

[0045] Therefore, the invention provides for the first time live attenuated bacteria of the species Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, that do not produce a functional ApxIV toxin.

[0046] A functional ApxIV toxin is considered to be a protein that has all the characteristics of the ApxIV toxin as expressed in a wild-type bacterium, and is expressed at the wild-type level. Therefore, a non-functional ApxIV toxin is considered to be a toxin that lacks some or all of the characteristics of the ApxIV toxin as expressed in a wild-type bacterium, and/or is expressed at a level, insufficient to obtain wild-type effects of ApxIV toxin.

[0047] The inability to produce the ApxIV toxin can e.g. be due to modifications in the coding sequence encoding the ApxIV toxin. It may also be e.g. the result of modifications in regions known to be involved in transcription of the apxIV gene, such as the promotor region, or of modifications in regions involved in translation, such as the ribosome binding site.

[0048] The overall structure of the apxIV gene is given in FIG. 1.

[0049] In this figure, the direct repeat regions, characteristic for ApxIV toxin are indicated by dashed boxes, whereas the also ApxIV-specific glycine-rich nonapeptide regions are indicated by black arrows. The repeats are found at the C-terminal part of ApxIV. These characteristic features are present in all Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotypes. The nucleic acid sequence and amino acid sequence of two serotypes are represented in SEQ. ID. No. 1-4. SEQ. ID. NO. 1 shows the nucleic acid sequence of the apxIV gene of App serotype 1, and SEQ. ID. NO. 2 shows the matching amino acid sequence of the serotype 1 ApxIV toxin. SEQ. ID. NO. 3 shows the nucleotide sequence of the apxIV gene of App serotype 3, whereas SEQ. ID. NO. 4 shows the matching amino acid sequence of the se rotype 3 ApxIV toxin. FIG. 2 shows the strikingly high level of conservation at amino acid level, especially in the N-terminal 650 amino acids, between the Apx-tokins of the various Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotypes. This is also a remarkable characteristic of the apxIV genes. It is dear from FIG. 1, that a variation in the number of repeats at the C-terminal part of the toxin may occur, depending on the serotype. This variation accounts for the difference in size of the genes and encoded toxins obtained from the various sero-types.

[0050] There may be some variation in nucleic acid sequence even between apxIV genes isolated from different isolates of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, belonging to the same serotype. This is due to natural variation well known in the art to exist in all organisms. It is possible that some amino acids in the ApxIV toxin encoded by the apxIV gene are replaced by others in the ApxIV toxin of another serotype, while the polypeptide is not altered in its function. For instance, a polypeptide containing Asp at a certain site, and its variant containing Asn at the comparable site still have the same properties. This process in which an amino acid is replaced by an functionally analogous amino-acid is called functional displacement. In this case the variant proteins are called functional variants. Another cause of variation is the phenomenon of degeneracy of the genetic code. Shortly, it means, that e.g. the amino acid glutamic acid is coded for by both GAT and GM. This phenomenon holds for all amino acids, except Met and Trp. Thus, it is obvious, that e.g. the ApxIV toxin of serotype 1, as given in the present invention can not only be coded for by the nucleotide sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 1 but also by a very large variety of other sequences, still all giving the same or functionally the same polypeptide.

[0051] Therefore, a variant apxIV sequence encoding a polypeptide that is functionally comparable to the ApxIV toxin falls within the scope of the present invention.

[0052] Live attenuated bacteria according to the invention can be obtained in several ways. One possible way of obtaining such bacteria is by means of classical methods such as the treatment of wild-type Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae bacteria with mutagenic agents such as base analogues, treatment with ultraviolet light or temperature treatment. Strains that do not produce a functional ApxIV toxin do not or to a lesser extend induce anti-ApxIV toxin antibodies, and therefore can easily be selected in animal tests. The necessary antiserum can be obtained as described below in Example 3. Another possibility is to deliberately introduce, using recombinant DNA-technology, a well-defined mutation in the gene encoding the ApxIV toxin. Such a mutation may be an insertion, a deletion, a replacement of one nucleotide by another one or a combination thereof, with the only proviso that the mutated gene no longer encodes a functional ApxIV toxin. It can easily be seen, that especially mutations introducing a stop-codon in the open reading frame, or mutations causing a frame-shift in the open reading frame are very suitable to obtain a strain which no longer encodes a functional ApxIV toxin. Such mutations can e.g. be made by means of in vitro site directed mutagenesis using the Transformer® kit sold by Clontech. Many other standard recombinant DNA techniques such as digestion of the gene with a restriction enzyme, followed by endonuclease treatment and religation, are equally applicable.

[0053] Therefore, in a preferred form, this embodiment of the invention relates to live attenuated bacteria in which the gene encoding the ApxIV toxin comprises a mutation.

[0054] Well-defined mutations involving the deletion of fragments of the apxIV gene or even the whole gene, or the insertion of heterologous DNA-fragments, when compared to classically induced mutations, have the advantage that they will not revert to the wild-type situation.

[0055] Thus, in a more preferred form, this embodiment of the invention refers to live attenuated bacteria in which the gene encoding the ApxIV toxin comprises an insertion and/or a deletion.

[0056] Given the large amount of vaccines given nowadays to pigs, it is clear that combined administration of several vaccines would be desirable, if only for reasons of decreased vaccination costs. It is therefore very attractive to use live attenuated vaccine strains as a recombinant carrier for heterologous genes, encoding antigens selected from other pathogenic micro-organisms or viruses. Administration of such a recombinant carrier has the advantage that after administration of such a carrier, immunity is induced against two or more diseases at the same time. The live attenuated bacteria according to the present invention provide a very suitable carrier for heterologous genes, since the gene encoding the ApxIV toxin can be used as an insertion site for such heterologous genes. The use of the apxIV gene as an insertion site has the advantage that at the same time the apxIV gene is inactivated, and the newly introduced heterologous gene can be expressed in accordance with the homologous Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae genes. The construction of such recombinant carriers can be done routinely, using standard molecular biology techniques such as homologous recombination. Therefore, in an even more preferred embodiment, the present invention relates to live attenuated bacteria of the species Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae that do not produce a functional ApxIV toxin, and in which there is a heterologous gene inserted in the apxIV gene. Such a heterologous gene can, as mentioned above, e.g. be a gene encoding an antigen selected from other pathogenic micro-organisms or viruses. Another possibility is to insert a gene encoding a protein involved in triggering the immune system, such as an interleukine or an interferone.

[0057] In a still even more preferred form of the invention, the heterologous gene encodes one or more antigens selected from the group consisting of Porcine Reproductive Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) virus, Pseudorabies virus, Porcine Influenza virus, Porcine Parvovirus, Transmissible Gastroenteritis virus, rotavirus, Escherichia coli, Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, Pasteurella multocida, Bordetella bronchiseptica, Haemophilus parasuis and Streptococcus suis.

[0058] There is however a serious pitfall in expression of heterologous genes in recombinant carriers: it is known that several proteins are toxic if they are expressed in heterologous bacteria. Therefore, genes encoding such proteins can never be introduced in heterologous carriers, since successful recombinants will eventually die as a result of the expression a certain amount of the heterologous gene. The P2-protein of Haemophilus influenzae, to name just one example, can simply not be expressed in E. coli. (Munson et al., Infect. & Immun. 57: 88-94 (1989)). It is one of the objectives of the present invention to offer a recombinant live carrier that does not have this drawback. It was unexpectedly found, that although the apxIV gene is efficiently expressed in vivo (see Example 5), it is not expressed in vitro (see Example 4). This was concluded from the failure to show the presence of ApxIV toxin in in vitro grown A. pleuropneumoniae cultures. This means that ApxIV expression is switched on or off, depending on the environment in which A. pleuropneumoniae is grown. This feature offers an unexpected advantage over known live recombinant carriers: if the expression of the heterologous gene is brought under the control of the apxIV promoter, the live attenuated P. pleuropneumoniae carrier according to the invention can be grown in vitro to high densities, regardless the inserted heterologous gene, since the foreign gene will not be expressed under these conditions. After administering a number of bacteria to the host, the expression of the heterologous gene will start and at some time during replication or after the death of the bacterium it will become available to the immune system of the host. The heterologous gene to be expressed can be functionally linked to the apxIV promoter by e.g. replacing the coding sequence of the apxIV gene by the coding region of the heterologous gene. It is not necessary to replace the whole apxIV gene: it suffices to replace the ATG-codon of ApxIV by the coding region of the heterologous gene including its stop-codon. It is also possible to express a heterologous gene under the influence of the apxIV promoter by making a fusion construct. This can be made by inserting the heterologous gene in frame with the apxIV reading frame downstream of the apxIV ATG codon.

[0059] The wording “functionally linked to the apxIV promoter” means that transcription of the heterologous gene starts at the apxIV promoter.

[0060] It goes without saying that each location of the inserted heterologous gene in which it is functionally linked to the apxIV promotor falls within the scope of the invention.

[0061] Therefore, the most preferred form of this embodiment relates to live attenuated bacteria according to the present invention, carrying a heterologous gene that is functionally linked to the promotor region of the apxIV gene.

[0062] The surprising finding that the native apxIV promotor is a switchable promotor that is switched off in vitro and switched on in vivo makes this promotor a very versatile expresion tool both in it's natural host and as a heterologous promotor in other bacteria. When used as a heterologous promotor in other bacteria, the DNA comprising the promotor can be isolated from its host and transferred to a bacterium other than Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae. Another option that has now become feasible, is the cloning of several copies of the apxIV promotor each controlling the expression of another gene. This can be done in the host bacterium Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, but this principle of multiple copies is equally applicable to other bacteria. As mentioned above, the promotor can be used for the selective in vivo expression of one or more heterologous genes encoding antigens selected from other pathogenic micro-organisms or viruses. The promotor can also be used for the expression of a heterologous DNA sequence encoding a cytokine such as an interleukin, Tumor Necrosis Factor or an interferon. Several cytokines, e.g. interferons are known to play an important role as immune modulators. Thus it may be advantageous to express such genetic information under the control of the apxIV promotor.

[0063] Therefore, another embodiment of the invention relates to a nucleofide sequence harbouring the promotor controling the expression of the apxIV gene.

[0064] The switchable promotor that in the native situation controls the expression of the apxIV gene, was now found to be located in the DNA fragment between position 451 and 1132 of SEQ ID NO: 5. It is dear, that those parts of this DNA fragment that are not essential promotor elements need not necessarily be present in the fragment. Thus, shorter fragments of this DNA fragment in which the promotor activity is retained, are equally suitable for the expression of heterologous genes. Therefore, a more preferred form of this embodiment relates to a nucleotide sequence comprising the DNA fragment from position 451 to 1132 of SEQ ID NO: 5 or a subfragment thereof still having promotor activity.

[0065] Bacterial promoters all share two consensus regions, the so-called −10 and the −35 region. Although the flanking sequence of these consensus regions may to a certain extend influence the efficiency of the promotor, it can be advantageous to use only that part of the promotor region that comprises the DNA fragment between −35 and the ATG codon. This DNA fragment is located between position 617 and position 641 of SEQ ID NO: 5.

[0066] Therefore, in a more preferred form of this embodiment the invention relates to a nucleotide sequence comprising the DNA fragment from position 617 to 641 of SEQ ID NO: 5.

[0067] The present invention also relates to ApxIV toxin as a subunit vaccine component. Subunit vaccines will most probably comprise the three known Apx-toxins. This was mentioned above. Since it was unexpectedly found, that the ApxIV toxin is however present in all A. pleuropneumoniae serotypes as mentioned above, it is a desirable additional component of subunit vaccines: neutralising antibodies raised against the ApxIV toxin provide protection against the ApxIV toxin produced by each and every Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae strain, regardless the serotype. Therefore, another embodiment of the invention relates to subunit vaccines for the protection of animals against infection with a bacterium of the species Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, that comprise purified ApxIV toxin. The ApxIV toxin can be administered alone, or in combination with any or all of the toxins ApxI, -II and -III mentioned above and/or e.g. in combination with Outer Membrane Proteins (OMPs) of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae. Such vaccines can easily be prepared by admixing ApxIV toxin in an amount sufficient to induce an immune response, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Production of the ApxIV toxin is possible by introducing the apxIV gene in a suitable expression vector, expression of the gene and isolation of the toxin. Many versatile expression systems are known in the art, such as bacterial expression systems, baculovirus expression systems and mammalian cell expression systems. In Example 3 it is described how to obtain the ApxIV toxin by expression of the gene in E. coli.

[0068] Still another embodiment of the invention relates to live attenuated vaccines comprising live attenuated bacteria as described above for the protection of animals against infection with a bacterium of the species Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae. Such vaccines can be obtained by admixing live attenuated bacteria with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. These vaccines comprise at least an immunogenically effective amount of the live attenuated producing bacterium according to the invention. Immunogenically effective means that the amount of live attenuated bacterium administered at the moment of vaccination is sufficient to induce in the host an effective immune response to virulent forms of the RTX-toxin producing bacterium. The useful dosage to be administered will vary depending on the age, weight and animal vaccinated, the mode of administration and the type of pathogen against which vaccination is sought. The vaccine may comprise any dose of bacteria, sufficient to evoke an immune response. Doses ranging between 10³ and 10¹⁰ bacteria are e.g. very suitable doses.

[0069] The pharmaceutically acceptable carrier may be as simple as water, but it may e.g. also comprise culture fluid in which the bacteria were cultured. Another suitable carrier is e.g. a solution of physiological salt concentration. Other examples of pharmaceutically acceptable carriers or diluents useful in the present invention include stabilisers such as SPGA, carbohydrates (e.g. sorbitol, mannitol, starch, sucrose, glucose, dextran), proteins such as albumin or casein, protein containing agents such as bovine serum or skimmed milk and buffers (e.g. phosphate buffer).

[0070] Optionally, one or more compounds having adjuvant activity may be added to the vaccine. Adjuvant are non-specific stimulators of the immune system. They enhance the immune response of the host to the invading pathogen. Examples of adjuvantia known in the art are Freunds Complete and Incomplete adjuvans, vitamin E, non-ionic block polymers, muramyldipeptides, ISCOMs (immune stimulating complexes, cf. for instance European Patent EP 109942), Saponins, mineral oil, vegetable oil, and Carbopol (a homopolymer). Adjuvantia, specially suitable for mucosal application are e.g. the E. coli heat-labile toxin (LT) or Cholera toxin (CT).

[0071] Other suitable adjuvants are for example aluminium hydroxide, phosphate or oxide, oil-emulsions (e.g. of Bayol F ^((R)) or Marcol 52 ^((R)), saponins or vitamin-E solubilisate.

[0072] Therefore, in a preferred form, the vaccines according to the present invention comprise an adjuvant.

[0073] For administration to animals, the vaccine according to the presentation can be given inter alia intranasally, intradermally, subcutaneously, by aerosol or intramuscularly.

[0074] There are several ways to store both subunits and live organisms. Storage in a refrigerator is e.g. a well-known method. Also often used is storage at −70° C. in a buffer containing glycerol. Bacteria can also be kept in liquid nitrogen. Freeze-drying is another way of conservation. Freeze-dried bacteria can be stored and kept viable for many years. Storage temperatures for freeze-dried bacteria may well be above zero degrees, without being detrimental to the viability. Freeze-drying is equally applicable for subunits

[0075] Freeze-drying can be done according to all well-known standard freeze-drying procedures. Optional beneficial additives, such as e.g. skimmed milk, trehalose, gelatin or bovine serum albumin can be added in the freeze-drying process.

[0076] Therefore, in a more preferred embodiment, the vaccine according to the present invention is in a freeze-dried form.

[0077] In an even more preferred form of this embodiment, the vaccine additionally comprises one or more antigens selected from other pathogenic micro-organisms or viruses. Such a vaccine can be obtained by adding one or more antigens selected from other pathogenic bacteria or viruses to the live attenuated bacterium according to the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier as described above.

[0078] Of course, it is possible to add not only one or more antigens, but also one or more of the whole pathogens as such, in an inactivated or live form.

[0079] It can altematively be obtained by cloning the genetic information encoding one or more antigens selected from other pathogenic micro-organisms or viruses into the live attenuated bacterium, using known recombinant DNA technology as described above. Such vaccines are of course less stressing for the animal to be vaccinated than separate vaccinations with each of the pathogens, both from a medical and a physical point of view.

[0080] In a still even more preferred form, these antigens are selected from the group consisting of Porcine Reproductive Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) virus, Pseudo-rabies virus, Porcine Influenza virus, Porcine Parvovirus, Transmissible Gastroenteritis virus, rotavirus, Escherichia coli, Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, Pasteurella multocida, Bordetella bronchiseptica, Haemophilus parasuis and Streptococcus suis.

[0081] The invention also relates to methods for the preparation of a live attenuated bacterium of the species Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae that is not capable of producing a functional ApxIV toxin. These method comprise the introduction of a mutation in the gene encoding the apxIV protein. Both classical mutation techniques, using mutagenic agents, and recombinant DNA techniques well-known in the art for insertion, replacement or deletion of genetic information from the apxIV gene are applicable.

[0082] In a preferred form, the above mentioned methods are used for the introduction of a deletion.

[0083] Methods for the preparation of a live attenuated vaccine according to the invention, that comprise admixing bacteria according to the invention with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier are also part of the invention.

[0084] Also falling within the scope of the invention are methods for the preparation of a subunit vaccine. Such methods comprise the mixing of purified ApxIV toxin with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

[0085] Another generally acknowledged problem in the field of vaccination with live vaccines is the following: the presence of antibodies against a certain pathogen in the serum of a host animalindicates that the host has been infected with the pathogen, either in a virulent or attenuated form. It is however impossible to discriminate between field-infected animals and animals vaccinated with a live vaccine strain. The live attenuated Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae according to the present invention offers a solution to this problem as follows:

[0086] As described in Example 3, the apxIV gene of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotype 1 has been isolated and expressed in a heterologous host cell. This expression product was subjected to PAAGE-gelelectroforesis and then used for Westem-blotting. The blots were incubated with convalescent serum obtained from a deliberately Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae-infected pigs, and sera from field-strains. It was found, that the apxIV gene is expressed in vivo in all Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae field strains tested. This implicates, that pigs infected with Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae will always have antibodies against the strain with which they were infected, regardless the serotype of the infectious strain.

[0087] The live attenuated bacteria according to the present invention can, due to the deletion of the apxIV gene, no longer make ApxIV toxin. Therefore animals vaccinated with a live attenuated Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae strain according to the invention will not have antibodies against ApxIV toxin in their serum.

[0088] In a comparative test, e.g. an ELISA test, such sera will therefore react with all immunogenic Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae-proteins such as e.g. ApxI, II and/or III, but not with ApxIV. Sera from pigs infected with an Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae field strain however will react with all immunogenic Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae-proteins, including ApxIV. Therefore, the live attenuated Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae according to the present invention turns out to be a very suitable marker vaccine, i.e. a vaccine strain that can be discriminated from a field strain.

[0089] A diagnostic test for the discrimination between vaccine strains and field strains can be a simple ELISA-test in which purified ApxIV toxin is coated to the wall of the wells of an ELISA-plate. Incubation with serum from pigs to be tested, followed by e.g. incubation with a labelled anti-pig antibody can then reveal the presence or absence of antibodies against ApxIV toxin.

[0090] Another example of a diagnostic test system is e.g. the incubation of a Western blot comprising purified ApxIV toxin with serum of pigs to be tested, followed by detection of specific anti-ApxIV antibodies.

[0091] Therefore, diagnostic test for the discrimination between sera from pigs infected with Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae field strains and from pigs vaccinated with a vaccine comprising live attenuated vaccine Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae strains according to the invention, that comprise purified ApxIV toxin. also fall within the scope of the invention.

[0092] Still another problem seen in pig health care is the following: It is difficult to determine in a both quick and unambiguous manner if a pig is infected with Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae or A. suis, or possibly a combination of both. Diagnostic tests for the specific detection of A. suis are currently not available. This is mainly due to the fact that A. pleuropneumoniae and A. suis share so many antigens. As an example may serve, that two highly antigenic Apx-toxins; ApxI and ApxII have highly conserved homologues in e.g. A. suis (Van Ostaayen et al., submitted for publication).

[0093] The known RTX-genes, encoding the ApxI, -II and -III toxins or homologues are found in practically all members of the genus Actinobacillus, such as A. pleuropneumoniae, A. suis, A. rossii and A. equuli. Thus, it was initially assumed by the inventors, that the new RTX-toxin ApxIV would also be common to all members of the genus Actinobacillus.

[0094] It was however found after testing a the swine-pathogenic Actinobacillus, again surprisingly in contrast with the known three RTX-genes, that this novel RTX-gene apxIV is only present in the swine-pathogen Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae. It is absent in all other common swine pathogenic Actinobacillus species, and therefore it is also absent in Actinobacillus suis. See Example 6 and 7.

[0095] Therefore, it was surprisingly noticed that the presence of antibodies against ApxIV in the serum of a pig is a quick and unambiguous proof that the pig has been infected with A. pleuropneumoniae, and not with A. suis or any other swine-pathogen Actinobacillus species.

[0096] Thus the present invention also provides a diagnostic test based on the presence or absence of antibodies against ApxIV, and therefore a discriminating test for specifically distinguishing an infection with A. pleuropneumoniae from an infection with A. suis Such a test can e.g. be an ELISA test that comprises in separate wells the ApxI and -II, toxins, present in both A. pleuropneumoniae and A. suis and the purified ApxIV toxin. Serum from A. suis-infected animals will react only with the wells comprising the ApxI and -II whereas A. pleuropneumoniae-infected animals will also react with the well comprising the purified ApxIV toxin.

EXAMPLE 1 Cloning and Analysis of the ApxIV Gene of A. pleuropneumoniae Serotype 1

[0097] Standard molecular biological procedures (plasmid DNA isolation, restriction digestion, agarose gel electrophoresis, Southern blotting, ligation, transformation, electroporation) were, unless stated otherwise, essentially performed as described in Sambrook et al. (Molecular Cloning, A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., 1989) or Ausubel et al., (Current Protocols in Molecular Biology. John Wiley & Sons, N.Y., 1987). PCR was performed essentially as described in Innis et al., (PCR protocols, A guide to Methods and Applications, Academic Press Inc., San Diego, 1990). Chromosomal DNA isolation was performed according to Pitcher et al., (Left. Appl. Microbiol., 8;151-156, 1989). The origin of all A. pleuropneumoniae reference strains (serotype 1: strain 4074; serotype 2: strain S1536: serotype 3: S1421; serotype 4 M62; serotype 5a: K17; serotype 5b: L20; serotype 6: femø; serotype 7: WF83; serotype 8: 405; serotype 9: CV113261; serotype 10: 13039; serotype 11: 56153 and serotype 12: 8329) is described by Frey and Nicolet, (J. Clin. Microbiol., 28;232-236, 1990). A. pleuropneumoniae serotype 3 strain HV114 is a field isolate (i.e. one of the serotype 3 strains tested in Beck et al., J. Clin. Microbiol., 32;2749-2754, 1994). Other Actinobacillus strains used; A. rossii: ATCC 27072; A. equuli: ATCC 19392; A. suis: ATCC 15558. Pasteurella haemolytica type 1 strain ATCC 14003 was used.

[0098]E. coli host strains used: XL1-blue (Stratagene, La Yolla, Ca; genotype: recA1 endA1 gyrA96 thi-1 hsdR17 supE44 relA1 lac [F′ proAB lacl^(q)ZDM15 Tn10 (Tet^(r))]) and HMS174(DE3) (AMS Biotechnology Ltd, Switzerland; genotype: F^(′) recA (r_(K,12−) m_(K12+)) rif^(r) IDE3).

[0099] On the basis of the preliminary sequence data obtained from the thesis of T. J. Anderson (University of Guelph, 1995) two primers, designated APXIVA-1L (5′-TGGCACTGACGGTGATGA-3′) and APXIVA-1R (5′-GGCCATCGACTCAACCAT-3′), were synthesised. These primers were used in a PCR amplification, with chromosomal DNA from A. pleuropneumoniae serotype 3 strain HV114 and serotype 1 reference strain 4074 as a template. With both strains a fragment of 442 bp was amplified. The fragment derived from the serotype 3 chromosomal DNA was labelled with Digoxigenin-11-dUTP (Boehringer Mannheim) according to the protocol of the manufacturer (this fragment was designated probe APXIVA, see FIG. 4). The labelled probe was subsequently used to hybridize a Southern blot containing ClaI digested chromosomal DNA from strain 4074. The probe hybridised with a fragment of approximately 8.0 kb. The apxIV gene from serotype 1 strain 4074 was isolated by ligating ClaI digested chromosomal DNA into ClaI digested pBluescript 11 SK′ (Stratagene USA). E. coli strain XL1-blue was transformed with the ligated DNA and transformants were selected on an LB plate with 100 mg/ml of ampicillin. Clones harbouring the apxIV were selected by colony hybridisation of a nitrocellulose replica of the plate with the APXIVA probe. Thus, a plasmid designated pROK7 was isolated and shown to harbour a ClaI insert of approximately 8 kb. The first 6736 bp of the ClaI insert were sequenced (SEQID 1) and an open reading frame of 4971 nucleotides was identified encoding a protein of 1657 amino acid residues (SEQID 2) with a predicted size of approximately 186 kD. The gene was designated apxIV_var1 (see FIG. 3).

EXAMPLE 2 Cloning and Analysis of the ApxIV Gene of A. pleuropneumoniae Serotype 3

[0100] The labelled probe APXIVA (mentioned in example 1) was used to hybridize a Southern blot containing ClaI digested chromosomal DNA from strain HV114. The probe hybridised with a fragment of approximately 7.0 kb. The isolated chromosomal DNA from HV114 was digested with ClaI, and ligated with ClaI digested pBluescript 11 SK′ (Stratagene USA). E. coli strain XL1-blue was transformed with the ligated DNA and transformants were selected on an LB plate with 100 mg/ml of ampicillin. Clones harbouring the apxIV were selected by colony hybridisation of a nitrocellulose replica of the plate with the APXIVA probe. Thus, a plasmid designated pROK5 was isolated and shown to harbour a ClaI insert of approximately 7 kb. The insert was analysed by sequence analysis (SEQID 3). An open reading frame of 4146 bp was identified encoding a protein of 1382 amino acid residues (SEQID 4), with a predicted size of approximately 154 kD. The gene was designated apxIV_var3 (see FIG. 3).

EXAMPLE 3 EXPRESSION OF ApxIV Var3-polyhistidine Fusion Proteins in E. coli

[0101] From plasmid pROK5, a deletion clone was made which contains the 3′ end of the apxIV gene, starting at the BamHI site (nucleotide No. 2747 in SEQ ID No: 3) up to the ClaI site at the end of the insert downstream of the apxIV gene. This plasmid was designated pROK1. Using oligonucleotides APXIVAHIS1-L (5′-AGCCATATGGGCGATTTAAATTTCAG-3′) and APXIVAHIS1-R (5′-TATGGATCCTCCGTGCTTCTGAGC-3′) and DNA from plasmid pROK1 as a template, a DNA fragment of 2.1 kb was amplified (see FIG. 4) containing the region from bp 3520 to 5643 in apxIV_var3 (SEQID 3) flanked with NdeI and BamHI restriction sites at the 5′ and 3′ end respectively. After cloning of the NdeI/BamHI digested PCR fragment in expression vector pETHIS-1, digested with the same enzymes, a plasmid designated pJFFapxIV6/10his-1 was obtained. Plasmid pETHIS-1 is a derivative of pET14b (Novagen Inc., Madison, Wis.) where the multiple cloning site has been extended and a region encoding a histidine decamer has been inserted. Consequently, The pJFFapxIV6/10his-1 plasmid contains a translational fusion encoding a histidine hexamer, followed by amino acid residues 653 up to 1360 from SEQID 4, followed by a histidine decamer, under the control of a T7 promoter. The plasmid was transferred to E. coli strain HMS174(DE3) with pLysS, which contains an IPTG inducible T7 RNA polymerase gene as well as the T7 lysozyme gene for increased stability. The strain was grown in LB medium containing 25 mg/ml of chloramphenicol and 100 mg/ml of ampicillin, up to an OD₆₅₀ of 0.5, and induced with isopropyl -b-D-thiogalactopyranoside at a concentration of 10 mM. After the addition of IPTG, the cells were incubated at 37° C. for 2.5 hours, the cells were harvested by centrifugation, and fusion protein with the expected size of 80 kD was isolated in the form of inclusion bodies. The inclusion bodies were solubilized in a solution of 6M guanidine hydrochloride, 300 mM NaCl and 50 mM NaH₂PO4 at pH 8.0 and the 80 kD fusion protein was further purified by Immobilised Metal Affinity Chromatography (IMAC) (Schmitt et al., Molecular Biology Reports 18;223-230, 1993) using Ni²⁺ chelated columns (Qiagen AG, Basel). Pure protein was eluted from the column at pH 5.0. Pooled fractions were dialysed against a solution of 300 mM NaCl and 50 mM NaH₂PO₄ at pH 8.0. A rabbit was immunised with 500 mg of the polyhistidine fusion product, mixed with 1 volume of Complete Freunds Adjuvant (Difco Labs, Detroit, Mich.). A booster dose of the same amount, mixed with incomplete Freund Adjuvant was given 3 weeks later. Four weeks after the booster, the rabbit was bled and a hyperimmune serum comprising anti-ApxIV toxin antibodies, designated serum 522-409, was obtained.

EXAMPLE 4 Expression of ApxIV Genes in in vitro Grown A. pleuropneumoniae

[0102] The A. pleurapneumoniae reference strain from serotype 1 was grown in Columbia broth supplemented with 10 mg/ml of b-NAD and harvested as described (Beck et al., J. Clin. Microbiol., 32;2749-2754, 1994). Adjacent to lanes comprising ApxIA, ApxIIA and ApxIVA-polyhistdine fusion proteins the concentrated culture supematant was separated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (Laemmli, Nature 227:680-685, 1970) and subjected to a Western blotting procedure (Towbin et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 76:4350-4354, 1979). The Western blot was reacted with anti-ApxIA- and anti-ApxIIA monoclonal antibodies as described by Beck et al., (J. Clin. Microbiol., 32;2749-2754, 1994), and with antApxIV serum 522409 (see example 3). The isolated RTX toxin fraction of serotype 1 clearly contains ApxIA and ApxIIA. The presence of ApxIVA could not be demonstrated (see FIG. 5).

EXAMPLE 5 Expression of ApxIV Genes in A. pleuropneumoniae in vivo During Infection

[0103] A polyacrylamide gel containing the 80 kD polyhistidine-ApxIV_var3 fusion protein (see example 3) was transferred to a nitrocellulose membrane. The membrane was divided into strips which were reacted with (100-fold dilutions on convalescent field sera against serotype 1 or sera from a pig, experimentally infected with the serotype 1 reference strain (Frey and Nicolet, Vet. Microbiol., 28;61-73, 1991). The reaction was visualised using alkaline phosphatase-labelled conjugate against rabbit IgG (Kirkegaard Perry Inc., Gaithersburg, Md.) and NBT (4-Nitrobluetetrazolium chloride) and BCIP (5-Bromo4-chloro-3-indolyl-phosphate) colour development (see FIG. 6). The serotype 1 field sera, as well as serum from the experimentally infected pig react with the 80 kD polyhistidine-ApxIV_var3 protein. This indicates that the ApxIV protein actually is expressed, is antigenic and induces anti-ApxIV toxin antibodies during A. pleuropneumoniae infection in pigs.

EXAMPLE 6 Presence of ApxIV Genes in all A. pleuropneumoniae Serotypes and the Absence thereof in Non-pleuropneumoniae Actinobacillus-strains using Southern Blotting

[0104] To investigate the presence of the apxIV gene in the various A.pleuropneumoniae serotypes and related bacteria, three probes were made (see FIG. 4). Probe APXIVA is described in example 1. Probe APXIVA2 contains the 2015 bp DNA fragment between the BamHI and NurI sites. The 758 bp probe APPIVA1 was made by PCR amplification with oligos APPIV1-L (5′-GGGACAGTGGCTCAATTAAG-3′) and (APPIV1-R (5′-AGCTGTAAACTCCACCAACG-3′). All probes were labelled with Digoxigenin-11-dUTP (Boehringer Mannheim) according to the protocol of the manufacturer and hybridised with Southern blots containing ClaI digested chromosomal DNA of all A. pleuropneumoniae reference strains and the HV114 field strain, Actinobacillus suis (ATCC 15558), Actinobacillus rossii (ATCC 27072) and Actinobacillus equuli (ATCC 19392). All three probes react similarly (see FIG. 7 for the results with the APXIVA2 probe). All A. pleuropneumoniae strains react, whereas no hybridisation is observed with the A. suis, A. equuli and A. rossii strains.

EXAMPLE 7 Presence of ApxIV Genes in A. pleuropneumoniae and Related Strains Using PCR Amplification

[0105] With 50 ng of chromosomal DNA from the various A. pleuropneumoniae serotypes, other Actinobacillus species and P. haemolytica as templates, and primers APXIVA-1L (5′-TGGCACTGACGGTGATGA-3′) and APXIVA-1R (5′-GGCCATCGACTCAACCAT-3′) PCR amplification was performed. After analysis of the products on an agarose gel, products with the expected size of 442 bp were observed in all A. pleuropneumoniae samples, but in none of the other Actinobacillus species (FIG. 8). This indicates that in addition to the results in example 6, also PCR could be used to discriminate A. pleuropneumoniae from other Actinobacillus species.

EXAMPLE 8 Overexpression of ApxIV-var1 Polyhistidine Fusion Protein

[0106] Starting with plasmid pROK-7 (see example 1) as a template and oligonucleotides APX4/II5-L (5′-CGCCATATGACAAAATTAACTATGCAAG) and APX4II6-R (5′-CGCGAATTCAGCGACACAAGAGATAT) as PCR-primers, a PCR fragment was amplified. A sufficient amount of this fragment was then digested with restriction enzymes NdeI and EcoRI and cloned in expression vector pETHIS-1, digested with the same enzymes as described in Example 3. From the resulting plasmid, designated pJFFApxIVA1His1, a 206 kD polyhistidine fusion protein (MW determined in PAGE) of 1841 amino acid residues was overexpressed in E. coli as described in Example 3. The protein is encoded in the coding region spanning nucleic acid no. 1132 to 6546 as depicted in SEQ ID NO: 5. The amino acid sequence of the protein in given in SEQ ID NO: 6. In Westem blot this product was shown to react with specific anti-ApxIV serum 522-409 (antiserum described in example 3).

EXAMPLE 9 Protection of Mice by Vaccination with ApxIV Against APP Challenge

[0107] The 206 kD polyhistidine-ApxIV fusion protein as described in Example 8 and a comparable 108 kD polyhistidine-ApxIA-fusion protein, both derived from serotype 1 reference strain 4074 genomic material, were overexpressed as described in example 3. The cell pellet of induced E. coli cells was resuspended into PBS buffer (1 g. cell pellet in 6 ml buffer) and sonicated on ice for two times 45 seconds on ice for lysis of the cells. After centrifugation for 20 minutes at 22.000×g at 4° C., the supematant was discarded and the resulting pellet was washed with a solution of 3M urea (pH 6.3). The urea was removed after centrifugation for 20 minutes at 22.000×g, and the resulting pellet was solubilized in 6M GuanidiniumHCI (pH 8.0). The protein samples were standardised by specific protein content after densitometry of PAGE gels. The samples were diluted with PBS and formulated with an oil adjuvant.

[0108] Three groups of 15 mice each, were intraperitoneally immunised with the ApxIV antigen (36.3 microgram), ApxIA antigen (36.3 microgram), or the adjuvant alone. The vaccines were administered in a volume of 0.4 ml. Twenty-four days after the first vaccination, each group of mice was split in two groups of 7 and 8 mice which were boosted with half the amount of antigen. The groups of 7 mice were boosted intraperitoneally in a volume of 0.2 ml and the groups of 8 mice were vaccinated intramuscularly with 0.1 ml in each hind leg. Thirteen days after the booster, the mice were challenged intraperitoneally with 1.5 10⁸ cfu of a virulent serotype 1 strain.

EXAMPLE 10 Poreforming Capacity of ApxIV

[0109] Freshly induced E. coli cells expressing ApxIV were used as the source of protein for testing poreformation in artificial lipid bilayers as described by Maier et al., Infect. Immun., 64; 4415-4423(1996). The methods used for black lipid bilayer experiments have been described previously (Benz et al.; Biochim. Biophys. Acta 511: 305-319 (1978)). Membranes were formed from a 1% solution of asolectin (soybean lecitin type IV-S from Sigma, St. Louis Mo.) in n-decane. Zero current membrane potentials were measured with a Keithley 610 C electrometer 5-10 min. after a 10-fold salt gradient was established across the membranes (Benz et al.; Biochim. Biophys. Acta 551: 238-247 (1979)). The presence of ApxIV resulted in a high frequency of pore formation in the presence of 0.5% cholesterol, with an average single channel conductance (G) of 4 nS.

[0110] These results indicate that the ApxIV induces pores into artificial bilayers and is therefore toxic to eukaryotic cells and thus is a virulence factor for A. pleuropneumoniae.

Legend to the Figures

[0111]FIG. 1: Comparison of ApxIVAvar1 and ApxIVAvar3 (var stands for serotype). Graphic representation of the different features found in the C-terminal end. Dashed boxes represent the direct repeat regions in ApxIVA. Bold vertical bars indicate the position of glycine rich nonapeptides, and DNA polymerase family B signatures are indicated by black triangles. The amino acid sequence YSDSANSKK represents the spacer sequence in the ApxIVAvar3 gene. The sequence segment of ApxIVAvar1 which is deleted in ApxIVAvar3 is also indicated in the figure.

[0112]FIG. 2: Alignment of the amino acid sequences of direct repeat 1 (A), direct repeat 2 (B) and direct repeat 3 (C) of ApxIVAvar1 and ApxIVAvar3. The copies of each of the direct repeats 1, 2 and 3 are labeled by letters to distinguish them for the sequence comparison. Variant residues are shown in bold letters.

[0113]FIG. 3: Partial restriction maps of pBLac7 (Thesis of T. J. Anderson University of Guelph, 1995), pROK7 and pROK5. The different open reading frames (ORF's) are indicated by arrows. The interrupted arrow of lacZ in pROK7 indicates partial sequencing of the gene. Potential rho-independent transcription terminators are indicated (M). Potential transcription start sites are indicated by a triangle. Restriction sites: A=Asp700; B=BamHI; C=ClaI; E=EcoRV; Ec=EcoRI; H=HindIII; N=NruI; Nd=NdeI; Nh=NheI; P=PstI; S=SpeI; Sm=SmaI.

[0114]FIG. 4: Location of the various oligonucleotides and probes on the map of the apxIVAvar3 gene.

[0115]FIG. 5: Expression of ApxIV in in vitro cultivated serotype 1 reference strain 4074. Panel A was reacted with the anti-ApxIA monoclonal antibody, panel B with anti-ApxIIA monoclonal antibody and panel C was reacted with anti-ApxIVA serum 522-409. Lane 1 contains ApxIA-polyhistidine fusion protein, lane 2 contains ApxIIA-polyhistidine fusion protein, lane 3 contains strain 4074 concentrated culture supematant, lane 4 contains ApxIVA polyhistidine fusion protein.

[0116]FIG. 6: Immunoblot showing the reactivities of sera from pigs which were experimentally infected with the reference strain of serotype 1 (lane 1) or pig sera from serotype 1 field infections (lane 2-4) with the 80 kD polyhistidine-ApxIV fusion protein. As a positive control (+), serum 522-409 was used, as a negative control (−), polyclonal rabbit serum against ApxI and ApxII (Frey et al., Infect. Immun., 57;2050-2056, 1989) was used as a 1000-fold dilution.

[0117]FIG. 7: Southern blot of ClaI digested genomic DNA hybridised with probe APXIVA2. Lanes 1-13: A. pleuropneumoniae reference strains; 1: serotype 1; 2: serotype 2; 3: serotype 3; 4: serotype 4; 5: serotype 5a; 6: serotype 5b; 7: serotype 6; 8: serotype 7; 9: serotype 8; 10: serotype 9; 11: serotype 10; 12: serotype 11; 13: serotype 12; 14: HV114 field strain; 15: A. suis (ATCC 15558); 16: A. rossii (ATCC 27072); 17: A. equuli (ATCC 19392). Molecular size markers are indicated (in kilobasepairs) on the left.

[0118]FIG. 8: PCR amplification of apxIV using primers APXIVA-1L and APXIVA-1R. Lane assignments: lanes 1 to 13 contain the A. pleuropneumoniae reference strains from serotypes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5a, 5b, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 respectively; lane 14: strain HV114; lane 15: A. suis ATCC 15558; lane 16: A. rossii ATCC 27072; lane 17: A. equuli ATCC 19392; lane 18: A. lignieresii ATCC 49236; lane 19: P. haemolytica type 1 ATCC 14003. Molecular size markers (in kilobasepairs) are indicated on the left.

1 16 1 6736 DNA Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae CDS 1576..6549 1 atcgatatgc cgccgggtac gggcgatatc caacttactc tttcgcaaca aattccggtt 60 accggtgcgg tggtggtaac cactccgcaa gatattgcgt tattagatgc ggtgaaaggt 120 atttcaatgt tccaaaaagt gtcggtaccg gtcttaggta tcattgaaaa tatgagcgta 180 catatctgcc aaaattgcgg tcaccacgaa gatattttcg gcaccggcgg tgcggagaaa 240 gtggcgaaga aatacggtac taaagtatta ggacaaatgc cgttgcatat tcgcttacgt 300 caagatttgg atgccggcac accgaccgtc gttgcggcac cggaacacga aaccagccga 360 gcctatattg aattagcggc aaaagtcgct tcggaattat actggcaagg ttcggttatc 420 ccgtctgaaa ttatgattcg tgaagtaaaa taagttttaa taaccacgaa aacacaaaga 480 acacaagcgg tagaatttgc agaaaaattt gcaaatccta ccgctttttt attagtacga 540 ttcgctgttg gactgctatt tgatttggtt tgtcaggata ttatgttatt gtaatgaaat 600 gttagtgaat tatttttatt aatttgaaag gaaacaaaat gaaaataaaa aaacgttaca 660 ttgcgctgtt ggtcttaggt gtcgttatca gctatgcctg gtatcaaaat tatcaatggg 720 aacagctgat gttaagcggt tattgtgaaa aggacggaag ttattttgat gataggcata 780 cgaagcaaga actgattgat agggcaatta actatatgct ggagcatcaa tctaaaaaaa 840 catacgatgc ttatactgat gaacctttag aaataaaacc atatttaaca atagaggaat 900 ttaaaaaact caatccaaat tgttgtgaaa ttacctcatg gccagcagat gcagttccac 960 aagattggga tgttcgtgtg gaaggtaagg catataggta tgtaatcgta aaatatttaa 1020 gaaccttagc aaatagagaa cctgaacgat gggaaactag tattgttttt gataattgcg 1080 gcaatcctaa aagagcaagc tacttatatt atttaaagag agaaatttat tatgacaaaa 1140 ttaactatgc aagatgtgac caatttatat ttatataaaa cgaaaactct acctaaagat 1200 agattggatg attcacttat ttctgaaata ggaaaaggag atgatgatat tgatagaaaa 1260 gaatttatgg tggggccggg acgttttgtg accgctgata actttagcgt tgtaagagat 1320 ttttttaatg ctgggaaatc acgcattatt gcgccgcaag tcccgcctat tcgttcacag 1380 caggaaaaaa tcttggtcgg tttaaaaccg ggcaaatatt ccaaagcgca gatattggaa 1440 atgctgggtt atacgaaagg cggagaagtg gtaaatggca tgtttgccgg tgaagtccag 1500 acattaggct tttatgacga tggcaaaggg gatttactcg aacgcgccta tatctggaat 1560 accacaggat ttaaa atg agc gac aat gcc ttt ttt gtt ata gaa gaa tca 1611 Met Ser Asp Asn Ala Phe Phe Val Ile Glu Glu Ser 1 5 10 ggc aaa cgc tat att gaa aac ttt ggt att gaa cct ctt ggt aag caa 1659 Gly Lys Arg Tyr Ile Glu Asn Phe Gly Ile Glu Pro Leu Gly Lys Gln 15 20 25 gaa gat ttt gat ttt gtc ggc ggc ttt tgg tct aac tta gtg aat cgt 1707 Glu Asp Phe Asp Phe Val Gly Gly Phe Trp Ser Asn Leu Val Asn Arg 30 35 40 ggt ttg gaa agt att atc gac cca tcc ggt atc ggt gga acg gta aac 1755 Gly Leu Glu Ser Ile Ile Asp Pro Ser Gly Ile Gly Gly Thr Val Asn 45 50 55 60 ctt aac ttt acc ggc gag gtg gaa acc tac acg tta gac gaa aca agg 1803 Leu Asn Phe Thr Gly Glu Val Glu Thr Tyr Thr Leu Asp Glu Thr Arg 65 70 75 ttt aaa gcg gaa gcg gcg aag aaa agc cat tgg agt tta gtg aat gcg 1851 Phe Lys Ala Glu Ala Ala Lys Lys Ser His Trp Ser Leu Val Asn Ala 80 85 90 gcg aaa gta tac ggc ggt tta gac caa att att aaa aaa cta tgg gac 1899 Ala Lys Val Tyr Gly Gly Leu Asp Gln Ile Ile Lys Lys Leu Trp Asp 95 100 105 agt ggc tca att aag cat tta tat caa gat aaa gat acg ggc aaa tta 1947 Ser Gly Ser Ile Lys His Leu Tyr Gln Asp Lys Asp Thr Gly Lys Leu 110 115 120 aaa ccg att att tac ggc acg gcc ggc aac gac agt aag att gaa ggc 1995 Lys Pro Ile Ile Tyr Gly Thr Ala Gly Asn Asp Ser Lys Ile Glu Gly 125 130 135 140 act aaa atc acc cgt agg att gcg ggt aaa gaa gtt acg ctt gat att 2043 Thr Lys Ile Thr Arg Arg Ile Ala Gly Lys Glu Val Thr Leu Asp Ile 145 150 155 gcc aat cag aaa att gaa aaa ggc gtg tta gag aaa ttg ggg ctg tct 2091 Ala Asn Gln Lys Ile Glu Lys Gly Val Leu Glu Lys Leu Gly Leu Ser 160 165 170 gtt agt ggt tcg gat atc att aaa ttg ttg ttt gga gca ttg act cca 2139 Val Ser Gly Ser Asp Ile Ile Lys Leu Leu Phe Gly Ala Leu Thr Pro 175 180 185 act tta aat aga atg ttg cta tca caa ctt atc cag tct ttt tcc gat 2187 Thr Leu Asn Arg Met Leu Leu Ser Gln Leu Ile Gln Ser Phe Ser Asp 190 195 200 agc ttg gct aaa ctt gat aat ccc tta gcc cct tac act aaa aat ggc 2235 Ser Leu Ala Lys Leu Asp Asn Pro Leu Ala Pro Tyr Thr Lys Asn Gly 205 210 215 220 gtg gtt tat gtc acc ggc aaa ggg aat gat gtg ctt aaa gga act gaa 2283 Val Val Tyr Val Thr Gly Lys Gly Asn Asp Val Leu Lys Gly Thr Glu 225 230 235 cat gag gat ttg ttt ctc ggt ggt gag ggg aat gat act tat tat gcg 2331 His Glu Asp Leu Phe Leu Gly Gly Glu Gly Asn Asp Thr Tyr Tyr Ala 240 245 250 aga gta ggc gat aca att gaa gac gcc gac ggc aaa ggt aaa gtc tat 2379 Arg Val Gly Asp Thr Ile Glu Asp Ala Asp Gly Lys Gly Lys Val Tyr 255 260 265 ttt gtg aga gaa aaa ggg gta cct aag gcg gat cct aag cgg gta gag 2427 Phe Val Arg Glu Lys Gly Val Pro Lys Ala Asp Pro Lys Arg Val Glu 270 275 280 ttt agc gag tac ata acg aaa gaa gaa ata aaa gag gtt gaa aag ggg 2475 Phe Ser Glu Tyr Ile Thr Lys Glu Glu Ile Lys Glu Val Glu Lys Gly 285 290 295 300 tta tta act tac gca gtt tta gaa aat tat aat tgg gaa gag aaa acg 2523 Leu Leu Thr Tyr Ala Val Leu Glu Asn Tyr Asn Trp Glu Glu Lys Thr 305 310 315 gcg act ttc gct cat gcg act atg ctt aat gag ctt ttt act gat tat 2571 Ala Thr Phe Ala His Ala Thr Met Leu Asn Glu Leu Phe Thr Asp Tyr 320 325 330 act aat tat cgt tat gaa gtt aaa gga cta aaa ttg ccc gcc gtt aaa 2619 Thr Asn Tyr Arg Tyr Glu Val Lys Gly Leu Lys Leu Pro Ala Val Lys 335 340 345 aag tta aaa agt ccg ttg gtg gag ttt aca gct gat tta tta act gtt 2667 Lys Leu Lys Ser Pro Leu Val Glu Phe Thr Ala Asp Leu Leu Thr Val 350 355 360 acg cct att gac gaa aac gga aaa gca ctt agc gaa aaa agt att acg 2715 Thr Pro Ile Asp Glu Asn Gly Lys Ala Leu Ser Glu Lys Ser Ile Thr 365 370 375 380 gtt aaa aat ttt aaa aat ggt gat tta gga ata agg ttg ttg gat cct 2763 Val Lys Asn Phe Lys Asn Gly Asp Leu Gly Ile Arg Leu Leu Asp Pro 385 390 395 aat agc tat tat tat ttc ctt gaa ggc caa gat acg ggt ttt tat ggt 2811 Asn Ser Tyr Tyr Tyr Phe Leu Glu Gly Gln Asp Thr Gly Phe Tyr Gly 400 405 410 cct gct ttt tat att gaa cga aaa aac ggt ggc ggc gct aaa aat aac 2859 Pro Ala Phe Tyr Ile Glu Arg Lys Asn Gly Gly Gly Ala Lys Asn Asn 415 420 425 tcg tcg gga gca gga aat agc aaa gat tgg ggc ggg aac ggg cat gga 2907 Ser Ser Gly Ala Gly Asn Ser Lys Asp Trp Gly Gly Asn Gly His Gly 430 435 440 aat cac cga aat aat gcc tcc gac ctg aat aaa ccg gac gga aat aat 2955 Asn His Arg Asn Asn Ala Ser Asp Leu Asn Lys Pro Asp Gly Asn Asn 445 450 455 460 ggg aat aac caa aat aac gga agc aat caa gat aat cat agc gat gtg 3003 Gly Asn Asn Gln Asn Asn Gly Ser Asn Gln Asp Asn His Ser Asp Val 465 470 475 aat gcg cca aat aac ccg gga cgt aac tat gat att tac gat cct tta 3051 Asn Ala Pro Asn Asn Pro Gly Arg Asn Tyr Asp Ile Tyr Asp Pro Leu 480 485 490 gct tta gat tta gat gga gat ggg ctt gaa acc gtg tcg atg aac ggg 3099 Ala Leu Asp Leu Asp Gly Asp Gly Leu Glu Thr Val Ser Met Asn Gly 495 500 505 cga caa ggc gcg tta ttc gat cat gaa gga aaa ggt att cgt acc gca 3147 Arg Gln Gly Ala Leu Phe Asp His Glu Gly Lys Gly Ile Arg Thr Ala 510 515 520 acg ggc tgg ctc gct gcg gat gac ggt ttt tta gtg tta gat cgt aac 3195 Thr Gly Trp Leu Ala Ala Asp Asp Gly Phe Leu Val Leu Asp Arg Asn 525 530 535 540 caa gac ggc att att aat gat ata agc gag tta ttt agt aat aaa aat 3243 Gln Asp Gly Ile Ile Asn Asp Ile Ser Glu Leu Phe Ser Asn Lys Asn 545 550 555 caa ctt tcc gac ggc agt att tct gca cac ggt ttt gcg aca tta gcc 3291 Gln Leu Ser Asp Gly Ser Ile Ser Ala His Gly Phe Ala Thr Leu Ala 560 565 570 gat ttg gat aca aac caa gat cag cgt atc gac caa aat gat aag ctg 3339 Asp Leu Asp Thr Asn Gln Asp Gln Arg Ile Asp Gln Asn Asp Lys Leu 575 580 585 ttt tct aaa ctc caa att tgg cgg gat tta aat caa aac ggt ttt agt 3387 Phe Ser Lys Leu Gln Ile Trp Arg Asp Leu Asn Gln Asn Gly Phe Ser 590 595 600 gaa gcg aat gag ctg ttt agc tta gaa agt ttg aat att aaa tct tta 3435 Glu Ala Asn Glu Leu Phe Ser Leu Glu Ser Leu Asn Ile Lys Ser Leu 605 610 615 620 cat acc gcc tat gaa gag cgt aat gat ttt cta gcg ggc aat aat atc 3483 His Thr Ala Tyr Glu Glu Arg Asn Asp Phe Leu Ala Gly Asn Asn Ile 625 630 635 ctt gct cag ctt ggg aag tat gaa aaa acg gac ggt act ttt gca caa 3531 Leu Ala Gln Leu Gly Lys Tyr Glu Lys Thr Asp Gly Thr Phe Ala Gln 640 645 650 atg ggc gat tta aat ttc agt ttt aac ccg ttt tat agc cga ttt acc 3579 Met Gly Asp Leu Asn Phe Ser Phe Asn Pro Phe Tyr Ser Arg Phe Thr 655 660 665 gaa gcg tta aat tta acc gag caa caa cgt cgc aca att aat cta acc 3627 Glu Ala Leu Asn Leu Thr Glu Gln Gln Arg Arg Thr Ile Asn Leu Thr 670 675 680 ggc acc ggt cgg gtt cgg gat ttg cgt gaa gcc gcc gca ctt tct gag 3675 Gly Thr Gly Arg Val Arg Asp Leu Arg Glu Ala Ala Ala Leu Ser Glu 685 690 695 700 gag ttg gct gct tta tta caa cag tac act aag gcc tcc gat ttt cag 3723 Glu Leu Ala Ala Leu Leu Gln Gln Tyr Thr Lys Ala Ser Asp Phe Gln 705 710 715 gca caa cga gaa tta ttg cct gcc att tta gat aaa tgg gcg gca acg 3771 Ala Gln Arg Glu Leu Leu Pro Ala Ile Leu Asp Lys Trp Ala Ala Thr 720 725 730 gat tta cag tat caa cat tat gat aaa aca tta ctt aaa acg gta gaa 3819 Asp Leu Gln Tyr Gln His Tyr Asp Lys Thr Leu Leu Lys Thr Val Glu 735 740 745 agt acc gat agt agt gct tct gtc gtt aga gtc acg cct tct caa tta 3867 Ser Thr Asp Ser Ser Ala Ser Val Val Arg Val Thr Pro Ser Gln Leu 750 755 760 agt agt ata cgc aat gca aag cat gat cct acc gtt atg caa aac ttt 3915 Ser Ser Ile Arg Asn Ala Lys His Asp Pro Thr Val Met Gln Asn Phe 765 770 775 780 gaa cag agt aag gca aaa att gcg act tta aat tcg ctc tac ggg tta 3963 Glu Gln Ser Lys Ala Lys Ile Ala Thr Leu Asn Ser Leu Tyr Gly Leu 785 790 795 aat atc gat caa ctt tat tac acg acg gat aaa gac att cgc tat att 4011 Asn Ile Asp Gln Leu Tyr Tyr Thr Thr Asp Lys Asp Ile Arg Tyr Ile 800 805 810 act gat aaa gtg aat aat atg tat caa aca acc gta gaa ctt gcc tac 4059 Thr Asp Lys Val Asn Asn Met Tyr Gln Thr Thr Val Glu Leu Ala Tyr 815 820 825 cgt tct tta ctt tta caa acg cgt ttg aag aaa tat gtt tat agc gtt 4107 Arg Ser Leu Leu Leu Gln Thr Arg Leu Lys Lys Tyr Val Tyr Ser Val 830 835 840 aat gcg aaa caa ttc gaa ggg aaa tgg gta acc gat tat tct cgt act 4155 Asn Ala Lys Gln Phe Glu Gly Lys Trp Val Thr Asp Tyr Ser Arg Thr 845 850 855 860 gaa gcc tta ttt aac tct act ttt aaa caa tcg cct gaa aat gca tta 4203 Glu Ala Leu Phe Asn Ser Thr Phe Lys Gln Ser Pro Glu Asn Ala Leu 865 870 875 tat gat tta agc gaa tac ctt tct ttc ttt aac gat cct acg gaa tgg 4251 Tyr Asp Leu Ser Glu Tyr Leu Ser Phe Phe Asn Asp Pro Thr Glu Trp 880 885 890 aaa gaa ggg cta tta ctg tta agc cgt tat ata gat tat gct aaa gca 4299 Lys Glu Gly Leu Leu Leu Leu Ser Arg Tyr Ile Asp Tyr Ala Lys Ala 895 900 905 caa gga ttt tat gaa aac tgg gcg gct act tct aac tta act att gcc 4347 Gln Gly Phe Tyr Glu Asn Trp Ala Ala Thr Ser Asn Leu Thr Ile Ala 910 915 920 cgt tta aga gag gct gga gta att ttt gca gaa tcg acg gat tta aaa 4395 Arg Leu Arg Glu Ala Gly Val Ile Phe Ala Glu Ser Thr Asp Leu Lys 925 930 935 940 ggc gat gaa aaa aat aat att ttg tta ggt agc caa aaa gat aat aac 4443 Gly Asp Glu Lys Asn Asn Ile Leu Leu Gly Ser Gln Lys Asp Asn Asn 945 950 955 tta tcg ggt agt gca ggt gat gat cta ctt atc ggc gga gag ggt aat 4491 Leu Ser Gly Ser Ala Gly Asp Asp Leu Leu Ile Gly Gly Glu Gly Asn 960 965 970 gat acg tta aaa ggc agc tac ggt gca gac acc tat atc ttt agc aaa 4539 Asp Thr Leu Lys Gly Ser Tyr Gly Ala Asp Thr Tyr Ile Phe Ser Lys 975 980 985 gga cac gga cag gat atc gtt tat gaa gat acc aat aat gat aac cgc 4587 Gly His Gly Gln Asp Ile Val Tyr Glu Asp Thr Asn Asn Asp Asn Arg 990 995 1000 gca aga gat atc gac acc tta aaa ttt acc gat gtg aat tat gcg gaa 4635 Ala Arg Asp Ile Asp Thr Leu Lys Phe Thr Asp Val Asn Tyr Ala Glu 1005 1010 1015 1020 gtg aag ttt cga cga gta gat aat gac tta atg tta ttc ggt tat cat 4683 Val Lys Phe Arg Arg Val Asp Asn Asp Leu Met Leu Phe Gly Tyr His 1025 1030 1035 gat acg gat tcg gtc acg gta aaa tcc ttc tac agc cat gta gat tat 4731 Asp Thr Asp Ser Val Thr Val Lys Ser Phe Tyr Ser His Val Asp Tyr 1040 1045 1050 caa ttt gac aaa ttg gag ttt gct gac cgc agt ata act cgc gat gaa 4779 Gln Phe Asp Lys Leu Glu Phe Ala Asp Arg Ser Ile Thr Arg Asp Glu 1055 1060 1065 ctg att aaa gca ggg ctt cat cta tac ggc acc gat ggc aat gat gat 4827 Leu Ile Lys Ala Gly Leu His Leu Tyr Gly Thr Asp Gly Asn Asp Asp 1070 1075 1080 ata aag gat cat gcg gat tgg gac agc att ttg gaa ggc ggc aaa ggc 4875 Ile Lys Asp His Ala Asp Trp Asp Ser Ile Leu Glu Gly Gly Lys Gly 1085 1090 1095 1100 aac gat att cta aga ggt ggc tac ggt gcg gac acc tat atc ttt agc 4923 Asn Asp Ile Leu Arg Gly Gly Tyr Gly Ala Asp Thr Tyr Ile Phe Ser 1105 1110 1115 aaa gga cac gga cag gat atc gtt tat gaa gat acc aat aat gat aac 4971 Lys Gly His Gly Gln Asp Ile Val Tyr Glu Asp Thr Asn Asn Asp Asn 1120 1125 1130 cgc gca aga gat atc gac acc tta aaa ttt act gat gtg aat tat gcg 5019 Arg Ala Arg Asp Ile Asp Thr Leu Lys Phe Thr Asp Val Asn Tyr Ala 1135 1140 1145 gaa gtg aaa ttc cga cga gta gat aat gac tta atg tta ttc ggt tat 5067 Glu Val Lys Phe Arg Arg Val Asp Asn Asp Leu Met Leu Phe Gly Tyr 1150 1155 1160 cat gat acg gat tcg gtc acg ata aaa tcc ttc tac aac cat gta gat 5115 His Asp Thr Asp Ser Val Thr Ile Lys Ser Phe Tyr Asn His Val Asp 1165 1170 1175 1180 tat caa ttt gac aaa ttg gaa ttt gct gac cgc agt ata act cgt gat 5163 Tyr Gln Phe Asp Lys Leu Glu Phe Ala Asp Arg Ser Ile Thr Arg Asp 1185 1190 1195 gaa cta ggt aaa caa ggt atg gca tta ttt ggc act gac ggt gat gat 5211 Glu Leu Gly Lys Gln Gly Met Ala Leu Phe Gly Thr Asp Gly Asp Asp 1200 1205 1210 aat atc aac gac tgg gga cgt aac tcg gtg att gat gcc ggt gcg ggt 5259 Asn Ile Asn Asp Trp Gly Arg Asn Ser Val Ile Asp Ala Gly Ala Gly 1215 1220 1225 aat gat acg gtt aat ggc ggt aat ggc gat gac acc ctc atc ggc ggc 5307 Asn Asp Thr Val Asn Gly Gly Asn Gly Asp Asp Thr Leu Ile Gly Gly 1230 1235 1240 aaa ggt aat gat att cta aga ggt ggc tac ggt gcg gac acc tat atc 5355 Lys Gly Asn Asp Ile Leu Arg Gly Gly Tyr Gly Ala Asp Thr Tyr Ile 1245 1250 1255 1260 ttt agc aaa gga cac gga cag gat atc gtt tat gaa gat acc aat aat 5403 Phe Ser Lys Gly His Gly Gln Asp Ile Val Tyr Glu Asp Thr Asn Asn 1265 1270 1275 gat aac cgc gca aga gat atc gac acc tta aaa ttt acc gat gtg aat 5451 Asp Asn Arg Ala Arg Asp Ile Asp Thr Leu Lys Phe Thr Asp Val Asn 1280 1285 1290 tat gcg gaa gtg aaa ttc cga cga gta gat aat gac tta atg tta ttc 5499 Tyr Ala Glu Val Lys Phe Arg Arg Val Asp Asn Asp Leu Met Leu Phe 1295 1300 1305 ggt tat cat gat acg gat tcg gtc acg gta aaa tcc ttc tac agc cat 5547 Gly Tyr His Asp Thr Asp Ser Val Thr Val Lys Ser Phe Tyr Ser His 1310 1315 1320 gta gat tat caa ttt gac aaa ttg gag ttt gct gac cgc agt ata act 5595 Val Asp Tyr Gln Phe Asp Lys Leu Glu Phe Ala Asp Arg Ser Ile Thr 1325 1330 1335 1340 cgc gat gaa ctg att aaa gca ggg ctt cat cta tac ggc acc gat ggc 5643 Arg Asp Glu Leu Ile Lys Ala Gly Leu His Leu Tyr Gly Thr Asp Gly 1345 1350 1355 aat gat gat ata aag gat cat gcg gat tgg gac agc att ttg gaa ggc 5691 Asn Asp Asp Ile Lys Asp His Ala Asp Trp Asp Ser Ile Leu Glu Gly 1360 1365 1370 ggc aaa ggc aac gat att cta aga ggt ggc tac ggt gcg gac acc tat 5739 Gly Lys Gly Asn Asp Ile Leu Arg Gly Gly Tyr Gly Ala Asp Thr Tyr 1375 1380 1385 atc ttt agc aaa gga cac gga cag gat atc gtt tat gaa gat acc aat 5787 Ile Phe Ser Lys Gly His Gly Gln Asp Ile Val Tyr Glu Asp Thr Asn 1390 1395 1400 aat gat aac cga gca aga gat atc gac acc tta aaa ttt act gat gtg 5835 Asn Asp Asn Arg Ala Arg Asp Ile Asp Thr Leu Lys Phe Thr Asp Val 1405 1410 1415 1420 aat tat gcg gaa gtg aaa ttc cga cga gta gat aat gac tta atg tta 5883 Asn Tyr Ala Glu Val Lys Phe Arg Arg Val Asp Asn Asp Leu Met Leu 1425 1430 1435 ttc ggt tat cat gat acg gat tcg gtc acg ata aaa tcc ttc tac aac 5931 Phe Gly Tyr His Asp Thr Asp Ser Val Thr Ile Lys Ser Phe Tyr Asn 1440 1445 1450 cat gta gat tat caa ttt gac aaa ttg gaa ttt gct gac cgc agt ata 5979 His Val Asp Tyr Gln Phe Asp Lys Leu Glu Phe Ala Asp Arg Ser Ile 1455 1460 1465 act cgt gat gaa cta ggt aaa caa ggt atg gca tta ttt ggc act gac 6027 Thr Arg Asp Glu Leu Gly Lys Gln Gly Met Ala Leu Phe Gly Thr Asp 1470 1475 1480 ggt gat gat aat atc aac gac tgg gga cgt aac tcg gtg att gat gcc 6075 Gly Asp Asp Asn Ile Asn Asp Trp Gly Arg Asn Ser Val Ile Asp Ala 1485 1490 1495 1500 ggt gcg ggt aat gat acg gtt aat ggc ggt aat ggc gat gac acc ctc 6123 Gly Ala Gly Asn Asp Thr Val Asn Gly Gly Asn Gly Asp Asp Thr Leu 1505 1510 1515 atc ggc ggc aaa ggt aat gat att cta aga ggt ggc tac ggt gcg gac 6171 Ile Gly Gly Lys Gly Asn Asp Ile Leu Arg Gly Gly Tyr Gly Ala Asp 1520 1525 1530 acc tat atc ttt agc aaa gga cac gga cag gat atc gtt tat gaa gat 6219 Thr Tyr Ile Phe Ser Lys Gly His Gly Gln Asp Ile Val Tyr Glu Asp 1535 1540 1545 acc aat aat gat aac cgc gca aga gat atc gac acc tta aaa ttt act 6267 Thr Asn Asn Asp Asn Arg Ala Arg Asp Ile Asp Thr Leu Lys Phe Thr 1550 1555 1560 gat att aat tta tcc gaa ctt tgg ttt agc cga gaa aat aac gat ttg 6315 Asp Ile Asn Leu Ser Glu Leu Trp Phe Ser Arg Glu Asn Asn Asp Leu 1565 1570 1575 1580 att att aaa tca tta tta agt gag gat aaa gtc acg gtt caa aat tgg 6363 Ile Ile Lys Ser Leu Leu Ser Glu Asp Lys Val Thr Val Gln Asn Trp 1585 1590 1595 tat tca cac caa gat cat aaa ata gaa aat att cgt tta tcg aat gag 6411 Tyr Ser His Gln Asp His Lys Ile Glu Asn Ile Arg Leu Ser Asn Glu 1600 1605 1610 caa acg ttg gtg agc act cag gtg gag aag atg gtt gag tcg atg gcc 6459 Gln Thr Leu Val Ser Thr Gln Val Glu Lys Met Val Glu Ser Met Ala 1615 1620 1625 ggc ttt gct cag aag cac gga gga gag ata tct ctt gtg tcg ctt gaa 6507 Gly Phe Ala Gln Lys His Gly Gly Glu Ile Ser Leu Val Ser Leu Glu 1630 1635 1640 gag gta aaa caa tat atc aat agc tta aca gct gct tta taa 6549 Glu Val Lys Gln Tyr Ile Asn Ser Leu Thr Ala Ala Leu 1645 1650 1655 catacgaaag aaatcggcac agtttttttg aactgtgccg atttgatttt agtgtaagaa 6609 tatagcctga ttttaagaaa tttactcttg gctaataact atttcccatt ttataagtta 6669 ttgacggatg gttttatcaa atatgagatc aaatcttatt ttaaattcgc tttccattaa 6729 gcgatat 6736 2 1657 PRT Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae 2 Met Ser Asp Asn Ala Phe Phe Val Ile Glu Glu Ser Gly Lys Arg Tyr 1 5 10 15 Ile Glu Asn Phe Gly Ile Glu Pro Leu Gly Lys Gln Glu Asp Phe Asp 20 25 30 Phe Val Gly Gly Phe Trp Ser Asn Leu Val Asn Arg Gly Leu Glu Ser 35 40 45 Ile Ile Asp Pro Ser Gly Ile Gly Gly Thr Val Asn Leu Asn Phe Thr 50 55 60 Gly Glu Val Glu Thr Tyr Thr Leu Asp Glu Thr Arg Phe Lys Ala Glu 65 70 75 80 Ala Ala Lys Lys Ser His Trp Ser Leu Val Asn Ala Ala Lys Val Tyr 85 90 95 Gly Gly Leu Asp Gln Ile Ile Lys Lys Leu Trp Asp Ser Gly Ser Ile 100 105 110 Lys His Leu Tyr Gln Asp Lys Asp Thr Gly Lys Leu Lys Pro Ile Ile 115 120 125 Tyr Gly Thr Ala Gly Asn Asp Ser Lys Ile Glu Gly Thr Lys Ile Thr 130 135 140 Arg Arg Ile Ala Gly Lys Glu Val Thr Leu Asp Ile Ala Asn Gln Lys 145 150 155 160 Ile Glu Lys Gly Val Leu Glu Lys Leu Gly Leu Ser Val Ser Gly Ser 165 170 175 Asp Ile Ile Lys Leu Leu Phe Gly Ala Leu Thr Pro Thr Leu Asn Arg 180 185 190 Met Leu Leu Ser Gln Leu Ile Gln Ser Phe Ser Asp Ser Leu Ala Lys 195 200 205 Leu Asp Asn Pro Leu Ala Pro Tyr Thr Lys Asn Gly Val Val Tyr Val 210 215 220 Thr Gly Lys Gly Asn Asp Val Leu Lys Gly Thr Glu His Glu Asp Leu 225 230 235 240 Phe Leu Gly Gly Glu Gly Asn Asp Thr Tyr Tyr Ala Arg Val Gly Asp 245 250 255 Thr Ile Glu Asp Ala Asp Gly Lys Gly Lys Val Tyr Phe Val Arg Glu 260 265 270 Lys Gly Val Pro Lys Ala Asp Pro Lys Arg Val Glu Phe Ser Glu Tyr 275 280 285 Ile Thr Lys Glu Glu Ile Lys Glu Val Glu Lys Gly Leu Leu Thr Tyr 290 295 300 Ala Val Leu Glu Asn Tyr Asn Trp Glu Glu Lys Thr Ala Thr Phe Ala 305 310 315 320 His Ala Thr Met Leu Asn Glu Leu Phe Thr Asp Tyr Thr Asn Tyr Arg 325 330 335 Tyr Glu Val Lys Gly Leu Lys Leu Pro Ala Val Lys Lys Leu Lys Ser 340 345 350 Pro Leu Val Glu Phe Thr Ala Asp Leu Leu Thr Val Thr Pro Ile Asp 355 360 365 Glu Asn Gly Lys Ala Leu Ser Glu Lys Ser Ile Thr Val Lys Asn Phe 370 375 380 Lys Asn Gly Asp Leu Gly Ile Arg Leu Leu Asp Pro Asn Ser Tyr Tyr 385 390 395 400 Tyr Phe Leu Glu Gly Gln Asp Thr Gly Phe Tyr Gly Pro Ala Phe Tyr 405 410 415 Ile Glu Arg Lys Asn Gly Gly Gly Ala Lys Asn Asn Ser Ser Gly Ala 420 425 430 Gly Asn Ser Lys Asp Trp Gly Gly Asn Gly His Gly Asn His Arg Asn 435 440 445 Asn Ala Ser Asp Leu Asn Lys Pro Asp Gly Asn Asn Gly Asn Asn Gln 450 455 460 Asn Asn Gly Ser Asn Gln Asp Asn His Ser Asp Val Asn Ala Pro Asn 465 470 475 480 Asn Pro Gly Arg Asn Tyr Asp Ile Tyr Asp Pro Leu Ala Leu Asp Leu 485 490 495 Asp Gly Asp Gly Leu Glu Thr Val Ser Met Asn Gly Arg Gln Gly Ala 500 505 510 Leu Phe Asp His Glu Gly Lys Gly Ile Arg Thr Ala Thr Gly Trp Leu 515 520 525 Ala Ala Asp Asp Gly Phe Leu Val Leu Asp Arg Asn Gln Asp Gly Ile 530 535 540 Ile Asn Asp Ile Ser Glu Leu Phe Ser Asn Lys Asn Gln Leu Ser Asp 545 550 555 560 Gly Ser Ile Ser Ala His Gly Phe Ala Thr Leu Ala Asp Leu Asp Thr 565 570 575 Asn Gln Asp Gln Arg Ile Asp Gln Asn Asp Lys Leu Phe Ser Lys Leu 580 585 590 Gln Ile Trp Arg Asp Leu Asn Gln Asn Gly Phe Ser Glu Ala Asn Glu 595 600 605 Leu Phe Ser Leu Glu Ser Leu Asn Ile Lys Ser Leu His Thr Ala Tyr 610 615 620 Glu Glu Arg Asn Asp Phe Leu Ala Gly Asn Asn Ile Leu Ala Gln Leu 625 630 635 640 Gly Lys Tyr Glu Lys Thr Asp Gly Thr Phe Ala Gln Met Gly Asp Leu 645 650 655 Asn Phe Ser Phe Asn Pro Phe Tyr Ser Arg Phe Thr Glu Ala Leu Asn 660 665 670 Leu Thr Glu Gln Gln Arg Arg Thr Ile Asn Leu Thr Gly Thr Gly Arg 675 680 685 Val Arg Asp Leu Arg Glu Ala Ala Ala Leu Ser Glu Glu Leu Ala Ala 690 695 700 Leu Leu Gln Gln Tyr Thr Lys Ala Ser Asp Phe Gln Ala Gln Arg Glu 705 710 715 720 Leu Leu Pro Ala Ile Leu Asp Lys Trp Ala Ala Thr Asp Leu Gln Tyr 725 730 735 Gln His Tyr Asp Lys Thr Leu Leu Lys Thr Val Glu Ser Thr Asp Ser 740 745 750 Ser Ala Ser Val Val Arg Val Thr Pro Ser Gln Leu Ser Ser Ile Arg 755 760 765 Asn Ala Lys His Asp Pro Thr Val Met Gln Asn Phe Glu Gln Ser Lys 770 775 780 Ala Lys Ile Ala Thr Leu Asn Ser Leu Tyr Gly Leu Asn Ile Asp Gln 785 790 795 800 Leu Tyr Tyr Thr Thr Asp Lys Asp Ile Arg Tyr Ile Thr Asp Lys Val 805 810 815 Asn Asn Met Tyr Gln Thr Thr Val Glu Leu Ala Tyr Arg Ser Leu Leu 820 825 830 Leu Gln Thr Arg Leu Lys Lys Tyr Val Tyr Ser Val Asn Ala Lys Gln 835 840 845 Phe Glu Gly Lys Trp Val Thr Asp Tyr Ser Arg Thr Glu Ala Leu Phe 850 855 860 Asn Ser Thr Phe Lys Gln Ser Pro Glu Asn Ala Leu Tyr Asp Leu Ser 865 870 875 880 Glu Tyr Leu Ser Phe Phe Asn Asp Pro Thr Glu Trp Lys Glu Gly Leu 885 890 895 Leu Leu Leu Ser Arg Tyr Ile Asp Tyr Ala Lys Ala Gln Gly Phe Tyr 900 905 910 Glu Asn Trp Ala Ala Thr Ser Asn Leu Thr Ile Ala Arg Leu Arg Glu 915 920 925 Ala Gly Val Ile Phe Ala Glu Ser Thr Asp Leu Lys Gly Asp Glu Lys 930 935 940 Asn Asn Ile Leu Leu Gly Ser Gln Lys Asp Asn Asn Leu Ser Gly Ser 945 950 955 960 Ala Gly Asp Asp Leu Leu Ile Gly Gly Glu Gly Asn Asp Thr Leu Lys 965 970 975 Gly Ser Tyr Gly Ala Asp Thr Tyr Ile Phe Ser Lys Gly His Gly Gln 980 985 990 Asp Ile Val Tyr Glu Asp Thr Asn Asn Asp Asn Arg Ala Arg Asp Ile 995 1000 1005 Asp Thr Leu Lys Phe Thr Asp Val Asn Tyr Ala Glu Val Lys Phe Arg 1010 1015 1020 Arg Val Asp Asn Asp Leu Met Leu Phe Gly Tyr His Asp Thr Asp Ser 1025 1030 1035 1040 Val Thr Val Lys Ser Phe Tyr Ser His Val Asp Tyr Gln Phe Asp Lys 1045 1050 1055 Leu Glu Phe Ala Asp Arg Ser Ile Thr Arg Asp Glu Leu Ile Lys Ala 1060 1065 1070 Gly Leu His Leu Tyr Gly Thr Asp Gly Asn Asp Asp Ile Lys Asp His 1075 1080 1085 Ala Asp Trp Asp Ser Ile Leu Glu Gly Gly Lys Gly Asn Asp Ile Leu 1090 1095 1100 Arg Gly Gly Tyr Gly Ala Asp Thr Tyr Ile Phe Ser Lys Gly His Gly 1105 1110 1115 1120 Gln Asp Ile Val Tyr Glu Asp Thr Asn Asn Asp Asn Arg Ala Arg Asp 1125 1130 1135 Ile Asp Thr Leu Lys Phe Thr Asp Val Asn Tyr Ala Glu Val Lys Phe 1140 1145 1150 Arg Arg Val Asp Asn Asp Leu Met Leu Phe Gly Tyr His Asp Thr Asp 1155 1160 1165 Ser Val Thr Ile Lys Ser Phe Tyr Asn His Val Asp Tyr Gln Phe Asp 1170 1175 1180 Lys Leu Glu Phe Ala Asp Arg Ser Ile Thr Arg Asp Glu Leu Gly Lys 1185 1190 1195 1200 Gln Gly Met Ala Leu Phe Gly Thr Asp Gly Asp Asp Asn Ile Asn Asp 1205 1210 1215 Trp Gly Arg Asn Ser Val Ile Asp Ala Gly Ala Gly Asn Asp Thr Val 1220 1225 1230 Asn Gly Gly Asn Gly Asp Asp Thr Leu Ile Gly Gly Lys Gly Asn Asp 1235 1240 1245 Ile Leu Arg Gly Gly Tyr Gly Ala Asp Thr Tyr Ile Phe Ser Lys Gly 1250 1255 1260 His Gly Gln Asp Ile Val Tyr Glu Asp Thr Asn Asn Asp Asn Arg Ala 1265 1270 1275 1280 Arg Asp Ile Asp Thr Leu Lys Phe Thr Asp Val Asn Tyr Ala Glu Val 1285 1290 1295 Lys Phe Arg Arg Val Asp Asn Asp Leu Met Leu Phe Gly Tyr His Asp 1300 1305 1310 Thr Asp Ser Val Thr Val Lys Ser Phe Tyr Ser His Val Asp Tyr Gln 1315 1320 1325 Phe Asp Lys Leu Glu Phe Ala Asp Arg Ser Ile Thr Arg Asp Glu Leu 1330 1335 1340 Ile Lys Ala Gly Leu His Leu Tyr Gly Thr Asp Gly Asn Asp Asp Ile 1345 1350 1355 1360 Lys Asp His Ala Asp Trp Asp Ser Ile Leu Glu Gly Gly Lys Gly Asn 1365 1370 1375 Asp Ile Leu Arg Gly Gly Tyr Gly Ala Asp Thr Tyr Ile Phe Ser Lys 1380 1385 1390 Gly His Gly Gln Asp Ile Val Tyr Glu Asp Thr Asn Asn Asp Asn Arg 1395 1400 1405 Ala Arg Asp Ile Asp Thr Leu Lys Phe Thr Asp Val Asn Tyr Ala Glu 1410 1415 1420 Val Lys Phe Arg Arg Val Asp Asn Asp Leu Met Leu Phe Gly Tyr His 1425 1430 1435 1440 Asp Thr Asp Ser Val Thr Ile Lys Ser Phe Tyr Asn His Val Asp Tyr 1445 1450 1455 Gln Phe Asp Lys Leu Glu Phe Ala Asp Arg Ser Ile Thr Arg Asp Glu 1460 1465 1470 Leu Gly Lys Gln Gly Met Ala Leu Phe Gly Thr Asp Gly Asp Asp Asn 1475 1480 1485 Ile Asn Asp Trp Gly Arg Asn Ser Val Ile Asp Ala Gly Ala Gly Asn 1490 1495 1500 Asp Thr Val Asn Gly Gly Asn Gly Asp Asp Thr Leu Ile Gly Gly Lys 1505 1510 1515 1520 Gly Asn Asp Ile Leu Arg Gly Gly Tyr Gly Ala Asp Thr Tyr Ile Phe 1525 1530 1535 Ser Lys Gly His Gly Gln Asp Ile Val Tyr Glu Asp Thr Asn Asn Asp 1540 1545 1550 Asn Arg Ala Arg Asp Ile Asp Thr Leu Lys Phe Thr Asp Ile Asn Leu 1555 1560 1565 Ser Glu Leu Trp Phe Ser Arg Glu Asn Asn Asp Leu Ile Ile Lys Ser 1570 1575 1580 Leu Leu Ser Glu Asp Lys Val Thr Val Gln Asn Trp Tyr Ser His Gln 1585 1590 1595 1600 Asp His Lys Ile Glu Asn Ile Arg Leu Ser Asn Glu Gln Thr Leu Val 1605 1610 1615 Ser Thr Gln Val Glu Lys Met Val Glu Ser Met Ala Gly Phe Ala Gln 1620 1625 1630 Lys His Gly Gly Glu Ile Ser Leu Val Ser Leu Glu Glu Val Lys Gln 1635 1640 1645 Tyr Ile Asn Ser Leu Thr Ala Ala Leu 1650 1655 3 7004 DNA Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae CDS 1566..5714 3 atcgatatgc cgccgggtac gggcgatatc caacttactc tttcgcaaca aattccggtt 60 accggtgcgg tagtggtaac tactccgcaa gatattgcgt tattagatgc ggtgaaaggt 120 atttcaatgt tccaaaaagt gtcggtaccg gtcttaggta tcattgaaaa tatgagcgtg 180 catatctgcc aaaattgcgg tcaccacgaa gatattttcg gcaccggcgg tgcggagaaa 240 gtggcgaaga aatacggtac taaagtatta ggacaaatgc cgttgcatat tcgcttacgt 300 caagatttgg atgccggcac accgaccgtc gttgcggcac cggaacacga caccagcaga 360 gcctatattg aattagcggc aaaagtcgct tcggaattat actggcaagg ttcggttatc 420 ccgtctgaaa ttatgattcg tgaagtaaaa taagcctaca taaccacgga ataccagata 480 acacagaagg aaaacaagcg gtagaatttg cagaaaaagt tgcaaattct accgcttttt 540 tattagtacg attcgctgtt ggactgccat ttgatttggt ttgtcaggat attatgttat 600 tgtaatgaaa tgttagtgaa ttatttttat taatttgaaa ggagacaaaa tgaaaataaa 660 aaaacgttac attgcgctgc tagctttagg cagtgttatt ggctatgcct ggtatcaaaa 720 ttatcaatgg gaacagttga tgttaagtgg ctattgtgaa aaggacggaa gctattgtga 780 tgataggcat acgaagcagg aactgattga tagggcaatt aactatgtgc tggaaaatca 840 aattcaacag acatatgaag gtgatgacct tgtggatata aaacaatatt caacaataga 900 ggaatttaaa aaactaaatc cgaattgttg taaggtagat tcttggccgg atgatgctgt 960 tcgtgaggat gctgatttac agcgagaggg caaagcgtat aaatacgtaa aagtcaaata 1020 tttaagaacc tatttagcga atagagaacc tgaacaatgg gaaaattaca tagtatttga 1080 taattgcagt ggaattaaag aaagacacca actgtattaa aaatagatta gatggagaca 1140 acacgatgac aaaactaact atccaagatg tgactaattt atatttatat aagcaaagaa 1200 ctttacctac ggataggtta gatgattcgc ttattagcaa aacaggaaaa ggggaaaata 1260 ttgataaaaa ggaatttatg gcggggccgg gacgttttgt gacggccgat aattttagtg 1320 ttgtaaaaga cttttttact gcaaaggatt cattaataaa cctaagcttg cagactcgta 1380 tattagcgaa tttaaagccg ggcaaatatt ccaaagcgca gatattagaa atgttgggct 1440 atacgaaaaa tggagaaaag gtagatggca tgtttaccgg tgaagtccag acattaggct 1500 tttatgacga tggcaaaggg gatttactcg aacgcgccta tatctgaaat accacaggat 1560 ttaaa atg agc gac aat gcc ttt ttt gtt ata gaa gaa tca ggc aaa 1607 Met Ser Asp Asn Ala Phe Phe Val Ile Glu Glu Ser Gly Lys 1 5 10 cgc tat att gaa aac ttt ggt att gaa cct ctt ggt aag caa gaa gat 1655 Arg Tyr Ile Glu Asn Phe Gly Ile Glu Pro Leu Gly Lys Gln Glu Asp 15 20 25 30 ttt gat ttt gtc ggc ggc ttt tgg tct aac tta gtg aat cgt ggt ttg 1703 Phe Asp Phe Val Gly Gly Phe Trp Ser Asn Leu Val Asn Arg Gly Leu 35 40 45 gaa agt att atc gac cca tcc ggt atc ggt gga acg gta aac ctt aac 1751 Glu Ser Ile Ile Asp Pro Ser Gly Ile Gly Gly Thr Val Asn Leu Asn 50 55 60 ttt acc ggc gag gtg gaa acc tac acg tta gac gaa aca agg ttt aaa 1799 Phe Thr Gly Glu Val Glu Thr Tyr Thr Leu Asp Glu Thr Arg Phe Lys 65 70 75 gcg gaa gcg gcg aag aaa agc cat tgg agt tta gtg aat gcg gcg aaa 1847 Ala Glu Ala Ala Lys Lys Ser His Trp Ser Leu Val Asn Ala Ala Lys 80 85 90 gta tac ggc ggt tta gac caa att att aaa aaa cta tgg gac agt ggc 1895 Val Tyr Gly Gly Leu Asp Gln Ile Ile Lys Lys Leu Trp Asp Ser Gly 95 100 105 110 tca att aag cat tta tat caa gat aaa gat acg ggc aaa tta aaa ccg 1943 Ser Ile Lys His Leu Tyr Gln Asp Lys Asp Thr Gly Lys Leu Lys Pro 115 120 125 att att tac ggc acg gcc ggc aac gac agt aag att gaa ggc act aaa 1991 Ile Ile Tyr Gly Thr Ala Gly Asn Asp Ser Lys Ile Glu Gly Thr Lys 130 135 140 atc acc cgt agg att gcg ggt aaa gaa gtt acg ctt gat att gcc aat 2039 Ile Thr Arg Arg Ile Ala Gly Lys Glu Val Thr Leu Asp Ile Ala Asn 145 150 155 cag aaa att gaa aaa ggc gtg tta gag aaa ttg ggg ctg tct gtt agt 2087 Gln Lys Ile Glu Lys Gly Val Leu Glu Lys Leu Gly Leu Ser Val Ser 160 165 170 ggt tcg gat atc att aaa ttg ttg ttt gga gca ttg act cca act tta 2135 Gly Ser Asp Ile Ile Lys Leu Leu Phe Gly Ala Leu Thr Pro Thr Leu 175 180 185 190 aat aga atg ttg cta tca caa ctt atc cag tct ttt tcc gat agc ttg 2183 Asn Arg Met Leu Leu Ser Gln Leu Ile Gln Ser Phe Ser Asp Ser Leu 195 200 205 gct aaa ctt gat aat ccc tta gcc cct tac act aaa aat ggc gtg gtt 2231 Ala Lys Leu Asp Asn Pro Leu Ala Pro Tyr Thr Lys Asn Gly Val Val 210 215 220 tat gtc acc ggc aaa ggg aat gat gtg ctt aaa gga act gaa cat gag 2279 Tyr Val Thr Gly Lys Gly Asn Asp Val Leu Lys Gly Thr Glu His Glu 225 230 235 gat ttg ttt ctc ggt ggt gag ggg aat gat act tat tat gcg aga gta 2327 Asp Leu Phe Leu Gly Gly Glu Gly Asn Asp Thr Tyr Tyr Ala Arg Val 240 245 250 ggc gat aca att gaa gac gcc gac ggc aaa ggt aaa gtc tat ttt gtg 2375 Gly Asp Thr Ile Glu Asp Ala Asp Gly Lys Gly Lys Val Tyr Phe Val 255 260 265 270 aga gaa aaa ggg gta cct aag gcg gat cct aag cgg gta gag ttt agc 2423 Arg Glu Lys Gly Val Pro Lys Ala Asp Pro Lys Arg Val Glu Phe Ser 275 280 285 gag tac ata acg aaa gaa gaa ata aaa gag gtt gaa aag ggg tta tta 2471 Glu Tyr Ile Thr Lys Glu Glu Ile Lys Glu Val Glu Lys Gly Leu Leu 290 295 300 act tac gca gtt tta gaa aat tat aat tgg gaa gag aaa acg gcg act 2519 Thr Tyr Ala Val Leu Glu Asn Tyr Asn Trp Glu Glu Lys Thr Ala Thr 305 310 315 ttc gct cat gcg act atg ctt aat gag ctt ttt act gat tat act aat 2567 Phe Ala His Ala Thr Met Leu Asn Glu Leu Phe Thr Asp Tyr Thr Asn 320 325 330 tat cgt tat gaa gtt aaa gga cta aaa ttg ccc gcc gtt aaa aag tta 2615 Tyr Arg Tyr Glu Val Lys Gly Leu Lys Leu Pro Ala Val Lys Lys Leu 335 340 345 350 aaa agt ccg ttg gtg gag ttt aca gct gat tta tta act gtt acg cct 2663 Lys Ser Pro Leu Val Glu Phe Thr Ala Asp Leu Leu Thr Val Thr Pro 355 360 365 att gac gaa aac gga aaa gca ctt agc gaa aaa agt att acg gtt aaa 2711 Ile Asp Glu Asn Gly Lys Ala Leu Ser Glu Lys Ser Ile Thr Val Lys 370 375 380 aat ttt aaa aat ggt gat tta gga ata agg ttg ttg gat cct aat agc 2759 Asn Phe Lys Asn Gly Asp Leu Gly Ile Arg Leu Leu Asp Pro Asn Ser 385 390 395 tat tat tat ttc ctt gaa ggc caa gat acg ggt ttt tat ggt cct gct 2807 Tyr Tyr Tyr Phe Leu Glu Gly Gln Asp Thr Gly Phe Tyr Gly Pro Ala 400 405 410 ttt tat att gaa cga aaa aac ggt gga ggc tct aaa aat aac tcg tcg 2855 Phe Tyr Ile Glu Arg Lys Asn Gly Gly Gly Ser Lys Asn Asn Ser Ser 415 420 425 430 gga gca gga aat agc aaa gat tgg ggc ggg aac ggg cat gga aat cac 2903 Gly Ala Gly Asn Ser Lys Asp Trp Gly Gly Asn Gly His Gly Asn His 435 440 445 cga aat aat gcc tcc gac ctg aat aaa ccg gac gga aat aat ggg aat 2951 Arg Asn Asn Ala Ser Asp Leu Asn Lys Pro Asp Gly Asn Asn Gly Asn 450 455 460 aac caa aat aac gga agc aat caa gat aat cat agc gat gtg aat gcg 2999 Asn Gln Asn Asn Gly Ser Asn Gln Asp Asn His Ser Asp Val Asn Ala 465 470 475 cca aat aac ccg gga cgt aac tat gat att tac gat cct tta gct tta 3047 Pro Asn Asn Pro Gly Arg Asn Tyr Asp Ile Tyr Asp Pro Leu Ala Leu 480 485 490 gat tta gat gga gat ggg ctt gaa acc gtg tcg atg aac ggg cga caa 3095 Asp Leu Asp Gly Asp Gly Leu Glu Thr Val Ser Met Asn Gly Arg Gln 495 500 505 510 ggc gcg tta ttc gat cat gaa gga aaa ggt att cgt acc gca acg ggc 3143 Gly Ala Leu Phe Asp His Glu Gly Lys Gly Ile Arg Thr Ala Thr Gly 515 520 525 tgg ctc gct gcg gat gac ggt ttt tta gtg tta gat cgt aac caa gac 3191 Trp Leu Ala Ala Asp Asp Gly Phe Leu Val Leu Asp Arg Asn Gln Asp 530 535 540 ggc att att aat gat ata agc gag tta ttt agt aat aaa aat caa ctt 3239 Gly Ile Ile Asn Asp Ile Ser Glu Leu Phe Ser Asn Lys Asn Gln Leu 545 550 555 tcc gac ggg agt att tct gca cac ggt ttt gcg aca tta gcc gat ttg 3287 Ser Asp Gly Ser Ile Ser Ala His Gly Phe Ala Thr Leu Ala Asp Leu 560 565 570 gat aca aac caa gat cag cgt atc gac caa aat gat aag ctg ttt tct 3335 Asp Thr Asn Gln Asp Gln Arg Ile Asp Gln Asn Asp Lys Leu Phe Ser 575 580 585 590 aaa ctc caa att tgg cgg gat tta aat caa aac ggt ttt agt gaa gcg 3383 Lys Leu Gln Ile Trp Arg Asp Leu Asn Gln Asn Gly Phe Ser Glu Ala 595 600 605 aat gag ctg ttt agc tta gaa agt ttg aat att aaa tct tta cat acc 3431 Asn Glu Leu Phe Ser Leu Glu Ser Leu Asn Ile Lys Ser Leu His Thr 610 615 620 gcc tat gaa gag cgt aat gat ttt cta gcg ggc aat aat atc ctt gct 3479 Ala Tyr Glu Glu Arg Asn Asp Phe Leu Ala Gly Asn Asn Ile Leu Ala 625 630 635 cag ctt ggg aag tat gaa aaa acg gac ggt act ttt gga caa atg ggc 3527 Gln Leu Gly Lys Tyr Glu Lys Thr Asp Gly Thr Phe Gly Gln Met Gly 640 645 650 gat tta aat ttc agt ttt aac ccg ttt tat agc cga ttt acc gaa gcg 3575 Asp Leu Asn Phe Ser Phe Asn Pro Phe Tyr Ser Arg Phe Thr Glu Ala 655 660 665 670 tta aat tta acc gag caa caa cgt cgc aca att aat cta acc ggc acc 3623 Leu Asn Leu Thr Glu Gln Gln Arg Arg Thr Ile Asn Leu Thr Gly Thr 675 680 685 ggt cgg gtt cgg gat ttg cgt gaa gcc gcc gca ctt tct gag gag ttg 3671 Gly Arg Val Arg Asp Leu Arg Glu Ala Ala Ala Leu Ser Glu Glu Leu 690 695 700 gct gct tta tta caa cag tac act aag ggc tcc gat ttt cag gca caa 3719 Ala Ala Leu Leu Gln Gln Tyr Thr Lys Gly Ser Asp Phe Gln Ala Gln 705 710 715 cga gaa tta ttg cct gcc att tta gat aaa tgg gcg gca acg gat tta 3767 Arg Glu Leu Leu Pro Ala Ile Leu Asp Lys Trp Ala Ala Thr Asp Leu 720 725 730 cag tat caa cat tat gat aaa aca tta ctt aaa acg gta gaa agt acc 3815 Gln Tyr Gln His Tyr Asp Lys Thr Leu Leu Lys Thr Val Glu Ser Thr 735 740 745 750 gat agt agt gct tct gtc gtt aga gtc acg cct tct caa tta agt agt 3863 Asp Ser Ser Ala Ser Val Val Arg Val Thr Pro Ser Gln Leu Ser Ser 755 760 765 ata cgc aat gta aag cat gat cct acc gtt atg caa aac tgt gaa caa 3911 Ile Arg Asn Val Lys His Asp Pro Thr Val Met Gln Asn Cys Glu Gln 770 775 780 agt aag gca aaa att gcg act tta aat tcg ctc tac ggg tta aat att 3959 Ser Lys Ala Lys Ile Ala Thr Leu Asn Ser Leu Tyr Gly Leu Asn Ile 785 790 795 gat caa ctt tat tat acg acg gat aaa gac att cgt tat att act gac 4007 Asp Gln Leu Tyr Tyr Thr Thr Asp Lys Asp Ile Arg Tyr Ile Thr Asp 800 805 810 aaa gtg aat aat atg tat caa aca acc gga gaa ctc ggc tat cgt tct 4055 Lys Val Asn Asn Met Tyr Gln Thr Thr Gly Glu Leu Gly Tyr Arg Ser 815 820 825 830 tta ctt tta caa acg cgt gtg aag aaa tat gtt tat agc gtt aat gcg 4103 Leu Leu Leu Gln Thr Arg Val Lys Lys Tyr Val Tyr Ser Val Asn Ala 835 840 845 aaa caa ttc gaa ggg aaa tgg gta gcc gat tat tct cgt act gaa gcc 4151 Lys Gln Phe Glu Gly Lys Trp Val Ala Asp Tyr Ser Arg Thr Glu Ala 850 855 860 tta ttt aac tct act tat aaa caa tcg ccc gaa aat gta tta tat gat 4199 Leu Phe Asn Ser Thr Tyr Lys Gln Ser Pro Glu Asn Val Leu Tyr Asp 865 870 875 tta cgc gaa tac ctt tct ttc tat aac gac cct acg gaa tgg aaa gaa 4247 Leu Arg Glu Tyr Leu Ser Phe Tyr Asn Asp Pro Thr Glu Trp Lys Glu 880 885 890 ggg cta tta ctg tta agc cgt tat ata gat tat gct aaa gca caa gga 4295 Gly Leu Leu Leu Leu Ser Arg Tyr Ile Asp Tyr Ala Lys Ala Gln Gly 895 900 905 910 ttt tat gaa aac tgg gcg gct act tct aac tta act att gcc cgt tta 4343 Phe Tyr Glu Asn Trp Ala Ala Thr Ser Asn Leu Thr Ile Ala Arg Leu 915 920 925 aga gag gct gga gta att tgt gca gaa tcg acg gat tta aaa ggc gat 4391 Arg Glu Ala Gly Val Ile Cys Ala Glu Ser Thr Asp Leu Lys Gly Asp 930 935 940 gaa aaa aat aat att gtg tta ggt agc caa aaa gat aat aac tta tcg 4439 Glu Lys Asn Asn Ile Val Leu Gly Ser Gln Lys Asp Asn Asn Leu Ser 945 950 955 ggt agt gca ggt gat gat cta ctt atc ggc gga gag ggt aat gat acg 4487 Gly Ser Ala Gly Asp Asp Leu Leu Ile Gly Gly Glu Gly Asn Asp Thr 960 965 970 tta aaa ggc agc tac ggt gca gac acc tat atc ttt agc aaa ggg cat 4535 Leu Lys Gly Ser Tyr Gly Ala Asp Thr Tyr Ile Phe Ser Lys Gly His 975 980 985 990 gga caa gat gta att tat gaa tat tcc gac agt gca aac tct aaa aaa 4583 Gly Gln Asp Val Ile Tyr Glu Tyr Ser Asp Ser Ala Asn Ser Lys Lys 995 1000 1005 gat att gat acc tta aaa ttt acc gat gtg aat tat gcg gaa gtg aag 4631 Asp Ile Asp Thr Leu Lys Phe Thr Asp Val Asn Tyr Ala Glu Val Lys 1010 1015 1020 ttt cga cga gta gat aat gac tta atg tta ttc ggt tat cat gat acg 4679 Phe Arg Arg Val Asp Asn Asp Leu Met Leu Phe Gly Tyr His Asp Thr 1025 1030 1035 gat tcg gtc acg gta aaa tcc ttc tac agc cat gta gat tat caa ttt 4727 Asp Ser Val Thr Val Lys Ser Phe Tyr Ser His Val Asp Tyr Gln Phe 1040 1045 1050 gac aaa ttg gag ttt gct gac cgc agt ata act cgc gat gaa ctg att 4775 Asp Lys Leu Glu Phe Ala Asp Arg Ser Ile Thr Arg Asp Glu Leu Ile 1055 1060 1065 1070 aaa gca ggg ctt cat cta tac ggc acc gat ggc aat gat gat ata aag 4823 Lys Ala Gly Leu His Leu Tyr Gly Thr Asp Gly Asn Asp Asp Ile Lys 1075 1080 1085 gat cat gcg gat tgg gac agc att gtg gaa ggc ggc aaa ggc aac gat 4871 Asp His Ala Asp Trp Asp Ser Ile Val Glu Gly Gly Lys Gly Asn Asp 1090 1095 1100 att cta aga ggt ggc tac ggt gcg gac acc tat atc ttt agc aaa gga 4919 Ile Leu Arg Gly Gly Tyr Gly Ala Asp Thr Tyr Ile Phe Ser Lys Gly 1105 1110 1115 cac gga cag gat atc gtt tat gaa gat acc aat aat gat aac cga gca 4967 His Gly Gln Asp Ile Val Tyr Glu Asp Thr Asn Asn Asp Asn Arg Ala 1120 1125 1130 aga gat atc gac acc tta aca ttt act gat gtg aat tat gcg gaa gtg 5015 Arg Asp Ile Asp Thr Leu Thr Phe Thr Asp Val Asn Tyr Ala Glu Val 1135 1140 1145 1150 aaa ttc cga cga gta gat aat gac tta atg tta ttc ggt tat cat gat 5063 Lys Phe Arg Arg Val Asp Asn Asp Leu Met Leu Phe Gly Tyr His Asp 1155 1160 1165 acg gat tcg gtc acg ata aaa tcc ttc tac aac cat gta gat tat caa 5111 Thr Asp Ser Val Thr Ile Lys Ser Phe Tyr Asn His Val Asp Tyr Gln 1170 1175 1180 tgt gac aaa ttg gac ttt gct gac cgc agt ata act cgt gat gaa cta 5159 Cys Asp Lys Leu Asp Phe Ala Asp Arg Ser Ile Thr Arg Asp Glu Leu 1185 1190 1195 ggt aaa caa ggt atg gca tta ttt ggc act gac ggc gat gat aat atc 5207 Gly Lys Gln Gly Met Ala Leu Phe Gly Thr Asp Gly Asp Asp Asn Ile 1200 1205 1210 aac gac tgg gga cgt aac tcg gtg att gat gcc ggt gcg ggt aat gat 5255 Asn Asp Trp Gly Arg Asn Ser Val Ile Asp Ala Gly Ala Gly Asn Asp 1215 1220 1225 1230 acg gtt aat ggc ggt aat ggc gat gac acc ctc atc ggc ggc aaa ggt 5303 Thr Val Asn Gly Gly Asn Gly Asp Asp Thr Leu Ile Gly Gly Lys Gly 1235 1240 1245 aat gat att cta aga ggt ggc tac ggt gcg gac acc tat atc ttt agc 5351 Asn Asp Ile Leu Arg Gly Gly Tyr Gly Ala Asp Thr Tyr Ile Phe Ser 1250 1255 1260 aaa gga cac gga cag gat atc gtt tat gaa gat acc aat aat gat aac 5399 Lys Gly His Gly Gln Asp Ile Val Tyr Glu Asp Thr Asn Asn Asp Asn 1265 1270 1275 cgc gca aga gat atc gac acc tta aaa ttt act gat att aat tta tcc 5447 Arg Ala Arg Asp Ile Asp Thr Leu Lys Phe Thr Asp Ile Asn Leu Ser 1280 1285 1290 gaa ctt tgg ttt agc cga gaa aat aac gat ttg att att aaa tca tta 5495 Glu Leu Trp Phe Ser Arg Glu Asn Asn Asp Leu Ile Ile Lys Ser Leu 1295 1300 1305 1310 tta agt gag gat aaa gtc acg gtt caa aat tgg tat tca cac caa gat 5543 Leu Ser Glu Asp Lys Val Thr Val Gln Asn Trp Tyr Ser His Gln Asp 1315 1320 1325 cat aaa ata gaa aat att cgt tta tcg aat gag caa atg ttg gtg agc 5591 His Lys Ile Glu Asn Ile Arg Leu Ser Asn Glu Gln Met Leu Val Ser 1330 1335 1340 act cag gtg gag aag atg gtt gag tcg atg gcc ggc ttt gct cag aag 5639 Thr Gln Val Glu Lys Met Val Glu Ser Met Ala Gly Phe Ala Gln Lys 1345 1350 1355 cac gga gga gag ata tct ctt ctg tcg cct gaa gag gta aaa caa tat 5687 His Gly Gly Glu Ile Ser Leu Leu Ser Pro Glu Glu Val Lys Gln Tyr 1360 1365 1370 atc aat agc tta aca gct gct tta taa catacgaaag aaatcggcac 5734 Ile Asn Ser Leu Thr Ala Ala Leu 1375 1380 agtttttgtg aactgtgccg atttgatttt agtgtaagaa tatagcctga ttttaagaaa 5794 tttactcttg gctaataact atttcccatt ttataagtta ttgacggatg gttttatcaa 5854 atatgagatc aaatcttatt ttaaattcgc tttccattaa gcgatattga tcttttaagt 5914 ttggggccgc atgagtttgg aaccgatacc actcattgtg ggaatcaata cacaatacgc 5974 tgtaatcgga ctcttgcagt tcataataat gctttctctc cgttaattct tcttgcgtat 6034 atggcgagag attaaagctg aatggctggt tcgcactaac aaacaggttc tccgatttca 6094 gatattcaca accgtaatgg ctaccggttt cctgcggttt tacataattg gtatgatttt 6154 gtttagctgt tatacggtag atgcctaatt gtggtaaatt gcgtgtgtca atatagcttt 6214 cttgttctcc gtaaccgaaa tactcaatgg cgttttctgt tttagctaag aagaaacgta 6274 agccgaagcg gggtaaatac ggtaattcga tcgggcgaat agcgttaatt tcaaccgaaa 6334 gttgtccgtc attgaagata cgataacgaa tatccagtgt taaaatgcga ccgcgagaaa 6394 ttgacacaat tgcagatttt actgaaaatt cgaccgcttg ttcgctttgc tgccactgaa 6454 tttcatacgc tctggtatag gctttatcgt agccggcatt ttggcacgcc tcacgaatga 6514 ggcgatcatt gtcggttggc gcacgccaaa tattaaaatc taacgattgt tggataatcg 6574 ctttaccggc tttttcaata cgggtgaaaa tccctttctg tttatctaat tgataactaa 6634 attgaccgtt gtgtacgtta atgtggaagc gatcttcttg tacttcaaat gcactgttct 6694 caattgtgaa ttgtggtaat actaatttat tttcgctaaa taaattgagc tgctcgaagc 6754 caagtgaatg tgcttcgtct aataattcga ccgcggtatt taagcgataa tttaaattca 6814 gtagccataa atgcccgtta ttttttggta actcaatcgg taatactacg ctgccgtgcg 6874 gttggcaaga aacggataaa ttcccaccgc ttgtcaccac gccgttttcg acaaattcgt 6934 aatcaatcgt taaataatcg gcaagatcag tgaaatccaa gtagttgtgg atcacaattt 6994 ggttatcgat 7004 4 1382 PRT Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae 4 Met Ser Asp Asn Ala Phe Phe Val Ile Glu Glu Ser Gly Lys Arg Tyr 1 5 10 15 Ile Glu Asn Phe Gly Ile Glu Pro Leu Gly Lys Gln Glu Asp Phe Asp 20 25 30 Phe Val Gly Gly Phe Trp Ser Asn Leu Val Asn Arg Gly Leu Glu Ser 35 40 45 Ile Ile Asp Pro Ser Gly Ile Gly Gly Thr Val Asn Leu Asn Phe Thr 50 55 60 Gly Glu Val Glu Thr Tyr Thr Leu Asp Glu Thr Arg Phe Lys Ala Glu 65 70 75 80 Ala Ala Lys Lys Ser His Trp Ser Leu Val Asn Ala Ala Lys Val Tyr 85 90 95 Gly Gly Leu Asp Gln Ile Ile Lys Lys Leu Trp Asp Ser Gly Ser Ile 100 105 110 Lys His Leu Tyr Gln Asp Lys Asp Thr Gly Lys Leu Lys Pro Ile Ile 115 120 125 Tyr Gly Thr Ala Gly Asn Asp Ser Lys Ile Glu Gly Thr Lys Ile Thr 130 135 140 Arg Arg Ile Ala Gly Lys Glu Val Thr Leu Asp Ile Ala Asn Gln Lys 145 150 155 160 Ile Glu Lys Gly Val Leu Glu Lys Leu Gly Leu Ser Val Ser Gly Ser 165 170 175 Asp Ile Ile Lys Leu Leu Phe Gly Ala Leu Thr Pro Thr Leu Asn Arg 180 185 190 Met Leu Leu Ser Gln Leu Ile Gln Ser Phe Ser Asp Ser Leu Ala Lys 195 200 205 Leu Asp Asn Pro Leu Ala Pro Tyr Thr Lys Asn Gly Val Val Tyr Val 210 215 220 Thr Gly Lys Gly Asn Asp Val Leu Lys Gly Thr Glu His Glu Asp Leu 225 230 235 240 Phe Leu Gly Gly Glu Gly Asn Asp Thr Tyr Tyr Ala Arg Val Gly Asp 245 250 255 Thr Ile Glu Asp Ala Asp Gly Lys Gly Lys Val Tyr Phe Val Arg Glu 260 265 270 Lys Gly Val Pro Lys Ala Asp Pro Lys Arg Val Glu Phe Ser Glu Tyr 275 280 285 Ile Thr Lys Glu Glu Ile Lys Glu Val Glu Lys Gly Leu Leu Thr Tyr 290 295 300 Ala Val Leu Glu Asn Tyr Asn Trp Glu Glu Lys Thr Ala Thr Phe Ala 305 310 315 320 His Ala Thr Met Leu Asn Glu Leu Phe Thr Asp Tyr Thr Asn Tyr Arg 325 330 335 Tyr Glu Val Lys Gly Leu Lys Leu Pro Ala Val Lys Lys Leu Lys Ser 340 345 350 Pro Leu Val Glu Phe Thr Ala Asp Leu Leu Thr Val Thr Pro Ile Asp 355 360 365 Glu Asn Gly Lys Ala Leu Ser Glu Lys Ser Ile Thr Val Lys Asn Phe 370 375 380 Lys Asn Gly Asp Leu Gly Ile Arg Leu Leu Asp Pro Asn Ser Tyr Tyr 385 390 395 400 Tyr Phe Leu Glu Gly Gln Asp Thr Gly Phe Tyr Gly Pro Ala Phe Tyr 405 410 415 Ile Glu Arg Lys Asn Gly Gly Gly Ser Lys Asn Asn Ser Ser Gly Ala 420 425 430 Gly Asn Ser Lys Asp Trp Gly Gly Asn Gly His Gly Asn His Arg Asn 435 440 445 Asn Ala Ser Asp Leu Asn Lys Pro Asp Gly Asn Asn Gly Asn Asn Gln 450 455 460 Asn Asn Gly Ser Asn Gln Asp Asn His Ser Asp Val Asn Ala Pro Asn 465 470 475 480 Asn Pro Gly Arg Asn Tyr Asp Ile Tyr Asp Pro Leu Ala Leu Asp Leu 485 490 495 Asp Gly Asp Gly Leu Glu Thr Val Ser Met Asn Gly Arg Gln Gly Ala 500 505 510 Leu Phe Asp His Glu Gly Lys Gly Ile Arg Thr Ala Thr Gly Trp Leu 515 520 525 Ala Ala Asp Asp Gly Phe Leu Val Leu Asp Arg Asn Gln Asp Gly Ile 530 535 540 Ile Asn Asp Ile Ser Glu Leu Phe Ser Asn Lys Asn Gln Leu Ser Asp 545 550 555 560 Gly Ser Ile Ser Ala His Gly Phe Ala Thr Leu Ala Asp Leu Asp Thr 565 570 575 Asn Gln Asp Gln Arg Ile Asp Gln Asn Asp Lys Leu Phe Ser Lys Leu 580 585 590 Gln Ile Trp Arg Asp Leu Asn Gln Asn Gly Phe Ser Glu Ala Asn Glu 595 600 605 Leu Phe Ser Leu Glu Ser Leu Asn Ile Lys Ser Leu His Thr Ala Tyr 610 615 620 Glu Glu Arg Asn Asp Phe Leu Ala Gly Asn Asn Ile Leu Ala Gln Leu 625 630 635 640 Gly Lys Tyr Glu Lys Thr Asp Gly Thr Phe Gly Gln Met Gly Asp Leu 645 650 655 Asn Phe Ser Phe Asn Pro Phe Tyr Ser Arg Phe Thr Glu Ala Leu Asn 660 665 670 Leu Thr Glu Gln Gln Arg Arg Thr Ile Asn Leu Thr Gly Thr Gly Arg 675 680 685 Val Arg Asp Leu Arg Glu Ala Ala Ala Leu Ser Glu Glu Leu Ala Ala 690 695 700 Leu Leu Gln Gln Tyr Thr Lys Gly Ser Asp Phe Gln Ala Gln Arg Glu 705 710 715 720 Leu Leu Pro Ala Ile Leu Asp Lys Trp Ala Ala Thr Asp Leu Gln Tyr 725 730 735 Gln His Tyr Asp Lys Thr Leu Leu Lys Thr Val Glu Ser Thr Asp Ser 740 745 750 Ser Ala Ser Val Val Arg Val Thr Pro Ser Gln Leu Ser Ser Ile Arg 755 760 765 Asn Val Lys His Asp Pro Thr Val Met Gln Asn Cys Glu Gln Ser Lys 770 775 780 Ala Lys Ile Ala Thr Leu Asn Ser Leu Tyr Gly Leu Asn Ile Asp Gln 785 790 795 800 Leu Tyr Tyr Thr Thr Asp Lys Asp Ile Arg Tyr Ile Thr Asp Lys Val 805 810 815 Asn Asn Met Tyr Gln Thr Thr Gly Glu Leu Gly Tyr Arg Ser Leu Leu 820 825 830 Leu Gln Thr Arg Val Lys Lys Tyr Val Tyr Ser Val Asn Ala Lys Gln 835 840 845 Phe Glu Gly Lys Trp Val Ala Asp Tyr Ser Arg Thr Glu Ala Leu Phe 850 855 860 Asn Ser Thr Tyr Lys Gln Ser Pro Glu Asn Val Leu Tyr Asp Leu Arg 865 870 875 880 Glu Tyr Leu Ser Phe Tyr Asn Asp Pro Thr Glu Trp Lys Glu Gly Leu 885 890 895 Leu Leu Leu Ser Arg Tyr Ile Asp Tyr Ala Lys Ala Gln Gly Phe Tyr 900 905 910 Glu Asn Trp Ala Ala Thr Ser Asn Leu Thr Ile Ala Arg Leu Arg Glu 915 920 925 Ala Gly Val Ile Cys Ala Glu Ser Thr Asp Leu Lys Gly Asp Glu Lys 930 935 940 Asn Asn Ile Val Leu Gly Ser Gln Lys Asp Asn Asn Leu Ser Gly Ser 945 950 955 960 Ala Gly Asp Asp Leu Leu Ile Gly Gly Glu Gly Asn Asp Thr Leu Lys 965 970 975 Gly Ser Tyr Gly Ala Asp Thr Tyr Ile Phe Ser Lys Gly His Gly Gln 980 985 990 Asp Val Ile Tyr Glu Tyr Ser Asp Ser Ala Asn Ser Lys Lys Asp Ile 995 1000 1005 Asp Thr Leu Lys Phe Thr Asp Val Asn Tyr Ala Glu Val Lys Phe Arg 1010 1015 1020 Arg Val Asp Asn Asp Leu Met Leu Phe Gly Tyr His Asp Thr Asp Ser 1025 1030 1035 1040 Val Thr Val Lys Ser Phe Tyr Ser His Val Asp Tyr Gln Phe Asp Lys 1045 1050 1055 Leu Glu Phe Ala Asp Arg Ser Ile Thr Arg Asp Glu Leu Ile Lys Ala 1060 1065 1070 Gly Leu His Leu Tyr Gly Thr Asp Gly Asn Asp Asp Ile Lys Asp His 1075 1080 1085 Ala Asp Trp Asp Ser Ile Val Glu Gly Gly Lys Gly Asn Asp Ile Leu 1090 1095 1100 Arg Gly Gly Tyr Gly Ala Asp Thr Tyr Ile Phe Ser Lys Gly His Gly 1105 1110 1115 1120 Gln Asp Ile Val Tyr Glu Asp Thr Asn Asn Asp Asn Arg Ala Arg Asp 1125 1130 1135 Ile Asp Thr Leu Thr Phe Thr Asp Val Asn Tyr Ala Glu Val Lys Phe 1140 1145 1150 Arg Arg Val Asp Asn Asp Leu Met Leu Phe Gly Tyr His Asp Thr Asp 1155 1160 1165 Ser Val Thr Ile Lys Ser Phe Tyr Asn His Val Asp Tyr Gln Cys Asp 1170 1175 1180 Lys Leu Asp Phe Ala Asp Arg Ser Ile Thr Arg Asp Glu Leu Gly Lys 1185 1190 1195 1200 Gln Gly Met Ala Leu Phe Gly Thr Asp Gly Asp Asp Asn Ile Asn Asp 1205 1210 1215 Trp Gly Arg Asn Ser Val Ile Asp Ala Gly Ala Gly Asn Asp Thr Val 1220 1225 1230 Asn Gly Gly Asn Gly Asp Asp Thr Leu Ile Gly Gly Lys Gly Asn Asp 1235 1240 1245 Ile Leu Arg Gly Gly Tyr Gly Ala Asp Thr Tyr Ile Phe Ser Lys Gly 1250 1255 1260 His Gly Gln Asp Ile Val Tyr Glu Asp Thr Asn Asn Asp Asn Arg Ala 1265 1270 1275 1280 Arg Asp Ile Asp Thr Leu Lys Phe Thr Asp Ile Asn Leu Ser Glu Leu 1285 1290 1295 Trp Phe Ser Arg Glu Asn Asn Asp Leu Ile Ile Lys Ser Leu Leu Ser 1300 1305 1310 Glu Asp Lys Val Thr Val Gln Asn Trp Tyr Ser His Gln Asp His Lys 1315 1320 1325 Ile Glu Asn Ile Arg Leu Ser Asn Glu Gln Met Leu Val Ser Thr Gln 1330 1335 1340 Val Glu Lys Met Val Glu Ser Met Ala Gly Phe Ala Gln Lys His Gly 1345 1350 1355 1360 Gly Glu Ile Ser Leu Leu Ser Pro Glu Glu Val Lys Gln Tyr Ile Asn 1365 1370 1375 Ser Leu Thr Ala Ala Leu 1380 5 6736 DNA Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae CDS 1..453 CDS 1132..6549 -10_signal 617..623 -35_signal 594..599 promoter 454..1131 5 atc gat atg ccg ccg ggt acg ggc gat atc caa ctt act ctt tcg caa 48 Ile Asp Met Pro Pro Gly Thr Gly Asp Ile Gln Leu Thr Leu Ser Gln 1 5 10 15 caa att ccg gtt acc ggt gcg gtg gtg gta acc act ccg caa gat att 96 Gln Ile Pro Val Thr Gly Ala Val Val Val Thr Thr Pro Gln Asp Ile 20 25 30 gcg tta tta gat gcg gtg aaa ggt att tca atg ttc caa aaa gtg tcg 144 Ala Leu Leu Asp Ala Val Lys Gly Ile Ser Met Phe Gln Lys Val Ser 35 40 45 gta ccg gtc tta ggt atc att gaa aat atg agc gta cat atc tgc caa 192 Val Pro Val Leu Gly Ile Ile Glu Asn Met Ser Val His Ile Cys Gln 50 55 60 aat tgc ggt cac cac gaa gat att ttc ggc acc ggc ggt gcg gag aaa 240 Asn Cys Gly His His Glu Asp Ile Phe Gly Thr Gly Gly Ala Glu Lys 65 70 75 80 gtg gcg aag aaa tac ggt act aaa gta tta gga caa atg ccg ttg cat 288 Val Ala Lys Lys Tyr Gly Thr Lys Val Leu Gly Gln Met Pro Leu His 85 90 95 att cgc tta cgt caa gat ttg gat gcc ggc aca ccg acc gtc gtt gcg 336 Ile Arg Leu Arg Gln Asp Leu Asp Ala Gly Thr Pro Thr Val Val Ala 100 105 110 gca ccg gaa cac gaa acc agc cga gcc tat att gaa tta gcg gca aaa 384 Ala Pro Glu His Glu Thr Ser Arg Ala Tyr Ile Glu Leu Ala Ala Lys 115 120 125 gtc gct tcg gaa tta tac tgg caa ggt tcg gtt atc ccg tct gaa att 432 Val Ala Ser Glu Leu Tyr Trp Gln Gly Ser Val Ile Pro Ser Glu Ile 130 135 140 atg att cgt gaa gta aaa taa gttttaataa ccacgaaaac acaaagaaca 483 Met Ile Arg Glu Val Lys 145 150 caagcggtag aatttgcaga aaaatttgca aatcctaccg cttttttatt agtacgattc 543 gctgttggac tgctatttga tttggtttgt caggatatta tgttattgta atgaaatgtt 603 agtgaattat ttttattaat ttgaaaggaa acaaaatgaa aataaaaaaa cgttacattg 663 cgctgttggt cttaggtgtc gttatcagct atgcctggta tcaaaattat caatgggaac 723 agctgatgtt aagcggttat tgtgaaaagg acggaagtta ttttgatgat aggcatacga 783 agcaagaact gattgatagg gcaattaact atatgctgga gcatcaatct aaaaaaacat 843 acgatgctta tactgatgaa cctttagaaa taaaaccata tttaacaata gaggaattta 903 aaaaactcaa tccaaattgt tgtgaaatta cctcatggcc agcagatgca gttccacaag 963 attgggatgt tcgtgtggaa ggtaaggcat ataggtatgt aatcgtaaaa tatttaagaa 1023 ccttagcaaa tagagaacct gaacgatggg aaactagtat tgtttttgat aattgcggca 1083 atcctaaaag agcaagctac ttatattatt taaagagaga aatttatt atg aca aaa 1140 Met Thr Lys 1 tta act atg caa gat gtg acc aat tta tat tta tat aaa acg aaa act 1188 Leu Thr Met Gln Asp Val Thr Asn Leu Tyr Leu Tyr Lys Thr Lys Thr 5 10 15 cta cct aaa gat aga ttg gat gat tca ctt att tct gaa ata gga aaa 1236 Leu Pro Lys Asp Arg Leu Asp Asp Ser Leu Ile Ser Glu Ile Gly Lys 20 25 30 35 gga gat gat gat att gat aga aaa gaa ttt atg gtg ggg ccg gga cgt 1284 Gly Asp Asp Asp Ile Asp Arg Lys Glu Phe Met Val Gly Pro Gly Arg 40 45 50 ttt gtg acc gct gat aac ttt agc gtt gta aga gat ttt ttt aat gct 1332 Phe Val Thr Ala Asp Asn Phe Ser Val Val Arg Asp Phe Phe Asn Ala 55 60 65 ggg aaa tca cgc att att gcg ccg caa gtc ccg cct att cgt tca cag 1380 Gly Lys Ser Arg Ile Ile Ala Pro Gln Val Pro Pro Ile Arg Ser Gln 70 75 80 cag gaa aaa atc ttg gtc ggt tta aaa ccg ggc aaa tat tcc aaa gcg 1428 Gln Glu Lys Ile Leu Val Gly Leu Lys Pro Gly Lys Tyr Ser Lys Ala 85 90 95 cag ata ttg gaa atg ctg ggt tat acg aaa ggc gga gaa gtg gta aat 1476 Gln Ile Leu Glu Met Leu Gly Tyr Thr Lys Gly Gly Glu Val Val Asn 100 105 110 115 ggc atg ttt gcc ggt gaa gtc cag aca tta ggc ttt tat gac gat ggc 1524 Gly Met Phe Ala Gly Glu Val Gln Thr Leu Gly Phe Tyr Asp Asp Gly 120 125 130 aaa ggg gat tta ctc gaa cgc gcc tat atc tgg aat acc aca gga ttt 1572 Lys Gly Asp Leu Leu Glu Arg Ala Tyr Ile Trp Asn Thr Thr Gly Phe 135 140 145 aaa atg agc gac aat gcc ttt ttt gtt ata gaa gaa tca ggc aaa cgc 1620 Lys Met Ser Asp Asn Ala Phe Phe Val Ile Glu Glu Ser Gly Lys Arg 150 155 160 tat att gaa aac ttt ggt att gaa cct ctt ggt aag caa gaa gat ttt 1668 Tyr Ile Glu Asn Phe Gly Ile Glu Pro Leu Gly Lys Gln Glu Asp Phe 165 170 175 gat ttt gtc ggc ggc ttt tgg tct aac tta gtg aat cgt ggt ttg gaa 1716 Asp Phe Val Gly Gly Phe Trp Ser Asn Leu Val Asn Arg Gly Leu Glu 180 185 190 195 agt att atc gac cca tcc ggt atc ggt gga acg gta aac ctt aac ttt 1764 Ser Ile Ile Asp Pro Ser Gly Ile Gly Gly Thr Val Asn Leu Asn Phe 200 205 210 acc ggc gag gtg gaa acc tac acg tta gac gaa aca agg ttt aaa gcg 1812 Thr Gly Glu Val Glu Thr Tyr Thr Leu Asp Glu Thr Arg Phe Lys Ala 215 220 225 gaa gcg gcg aag aaa agc cat tgg agt tta gtg aat gcg gcg aaa gta 1860 Glu Ala Ala Lys Lys Ser His Trp Ser Leu Val Asn Ala Ala Lys Val 230 235 240 tac ggc ggt tta gac caa att att aaa aaa cta tgg gac agt ggc tca 1908 Tyr Gly Gly Leu Asp Gln Ile Ile Lys Lys Leu Trp Asp Ser Gly Ser 245 250 255 att aag cat tta tat caa gat aaa gat acg ggc aaa tta aaa ccg att 1956 Ile Lys His Leu Tyr Gln Asp Lys Asp Thr Gly Lys Leu Lys Pro Ile 260 265 270 275 att tac ggc acg gcc ggc aac gac agt aag att gaa ggc act aaa atc 2004 Ile Tyr Gly Thr Ala Gly Asn Asp Ser Lys Ile Glu Gly Thr Lys Ile 280 285 290 acc cgt agg att gcg ggt aaa gaa gtt acg ctt gat att gcc aat cag 2052 Thr Arg Arg Ile Ala Gly Lys Glu Val Thr Leu Asp Ile Ala Asn Gln 295 300 305 aaa att gaa aaa ggc gtg tta gag aaa ttg ggg ctg tct gtt agt ggt 2100 Lys Ile Glu Lys Gly Val Leu Glu Lys Leu Gly Leu Ser Val Ser Gly 310 315 320 tcg gat atc att aaa ttg ttg ttt gga gca ttg act cca act tta aat 2148 Ser Asp Ile Ile Lys Leu Leu Phe Gly Ala Leu Thr Pro Thr Leu Asn 325 330 335 aga atg ttg cta tca caa ctt atc cag tct ttt tcc gat agc ttg gct 2196 Arg Met Leu Leu Ser Gln Leu Ile Gln Ser Phe Ser Asp Ser Leu Ala 340 345 350 355 aaa ctt gat aat ccc tta gcc cct tac act aaa aat ggc gtg gtt tat 2244 Lys Leu Asp Asn Pro Leu Ala Pro Tyr Thr Lys Asn Gly Val Val Tyr 360 365 370 gtc acc ggc aaa ggg aat gat gtg ctt aaa gga act gaa cat gag gat 2292 Val Thr Gly Lys Gly Asn Asp Val Leu Lys Gly Thr Glu His Glu Asp 375 380 385 ttg ttt ctc ggt ggt gag ggg aat gat act tat tat gcg aga gta ggc 2340 Leu Phe Leu Gly Gly Glu Gly Asn Asp Thr Tyr Tyr Ala Arg Val Gly 390 395 400 gat aca att gaa gac gcc gac ggc aaa ggt aaa gtc tat ttt gtg aga 2388 Asp Thr Ile Glu Asp Ala Asp Gly Lys Gly Lys Val Tyr Phe Val Arg 405 410 415 gaa aaa ggg gta cct aag gcg gat cct aag cgg gta gag ttt agc gag 2436 Glu Lys Gly Val Pro Lys Ala Asp Pro Lys Arg Val Glu Phe Ser Glu 420 425 430 435 tac ata acg aaa gaa gaa ata aaa gag gtt gaa aag ggg tta tta act 2484 Tyr Ile Thr Lys Glu Glu Ile Lys Glu Val Glu Lys Gly Leu Leu Thr 440 445 450 tac gca gtt tta gaa aat tat aat tgg gaa gag aaa acg gcg act ttc 2532 Tyr Ala Val Leu Glu Asn Tyr Asn Trp Glu Glu Lys Thr Ala Thr Phe 455 460 465 gct cat gcg act atg ctt aat gag ctt ttt act gat tat act aat tat 2580 Ala His Ala Thr Met Leu Asn Glu Leu Phe Thr Asp Tyr Thr Asn Tyr 470 475 480 cgt tat gaa gtt aaa gga cta aaa ttg ccc gcc gtt aaa aag tta aaa 2628 Arg Tyr Glu Val Lys Gly Leu Lys Leu Pro Ala Val Lys Lys Leu Lys 485 490 495 agt ccg ttg gtg gag ttt aca gct gat tta tta act gtt acg cct att 2676 Ser Pro Leu Val Glu Phe Thr Ala Asp Leu Leu Thr Val Thr Pro Ile 500 505 510 515 gac gaa aac gga aaa gca ctt agc gaa aaa agt att acg gtt aaa aat 2724 Asp Glu Asn Gly Lys Ala Leu Ser Glu Lys Ser Ile Thr Val Lys Asn 520 525 530 ttt aaa aat ggt gat tta gga ata agg ttg ttg gat cct aat agc tat 2772 Phe Lys Asn Gly Asp Leu Gly Ile Arg Leu Leu Asp Pro Asn Ser Tyr 535 540 545 tat tat ttc ctt gaa ggc caa gat acg ggt ttt tat ggt cct gct ttt 2820 Tyr Tyr Phe Leu Glu Gly Gln Asp Thr Gly Phe Tyr Gly Pro Ala Phe 550 555 560 tat att gaa cga aaa aac ggt ggc ggc gct aaa aat aac tcg tcg gga 2868 Tyr Ile Glu Arg Lys Asn Gly Gly Gly Ala Lys Asn Asn Ser Ser Gly 565 570 575 gca gga aat agc aaa gat tgg ggc ggg aac ggg cat gga aat cac cga 2916 Ala Gly Asn Ser Lys Asp Trp Gly Gly Asn Gly His Gly Asn His Arg 580 585 590 595 aat aat gcc tcc gac ctg aat aaa ccg gac gga aat aat ggg aat aac 2964 Asn Asn Ala Ser Asp Leu Asn Lys Pro Asp Gly Asn Asn Gly Asn Asn 600 605 610 caa aat aac gga agc aat caa gat aat cat agc gat gtg aat gcg cca 3012 Gln Asn Asn Gly Ser Asn Gln Asp Asn His Ser Asp Val Asn Ala Pro 615 620 625 aat aac ccg gga cgt aac tat gat att tac gat cct tta gct tta gat 3060 Asn Asn Pro Gly Arg Asn Tyr Asp Ile Tyr Asp Pro Leu Ala Leu Asp 630 635 640 tta gat gga gat ggg ctt gaa acc gtg tcg atg aac ggg cga caa ggc 3108 Leu Asp Gly Asp Gly Leu Glu Thr Val Ser Met Asn Gly Arg Gln Gly 645 650 655 gcg tta ttc gat cat gaa gga aaa ggt att cgt acc gca acg ggc tgg 3156 Ala Leu Phe Asp His Glu Gly Lys Gly Ile Arg Thr Ala Thr Gly Trp 660 665 670 675 ctc gct gcg gat gac ggt ttt tta gtg tta gat cgt aac caa gac ggc 3204 Leu Ala Ala Asp Asp Gly Phe Leu Val Leu Asp Arg Asn Gln Asp Gly 680 685 690 att att aat gat ata agc gag tta ttt agt aat aaa aat caa ctt tcc 3252 Ile Ile Asn Asp Ile Ser Glu Leu Phe Ser Asn Lys Asn Gln Leu Ser 695 700 705 gac ggc agt att tct gca cac ggt ttt gcg aca tta gcc gat ttg gat 3300 Asp Gly Ser Ile Ser Ala His Gly Phe Ala Thr Leu Ala Asp Leu Asp 710 715 720 aca aac caa gat cag cgt atc gac caa aat gat aag ctg ttt tct aaa 3348 Thr Asn Gln Asp Gln Arg Ile Asp Gln Asn Asp Lys Leu Phe Ser Lys 725 730 735 ctc caa att tgg cgg gat tta aat caa aac ggt ttt agt gaa gcg aat 3396 Leu Gln Ile Trp Arg Asp Leu Asn Gln Asn Gly Phe Ser Glu Ala Asn 740 745 750 755 gag ctg ttt agc tta gaa agt ttg aat att aaa tct tta cat acc gcc 3444 Glu Leu Phe Ser Leu Glu Ser Leu Asn Ile Lys Ser Leu His Thr Ala 760 765 770 tat gaa gag cgt aat gat ttt cta gcg ggc aat aat atc ctt gct cag 3492 Tyr Glu Glu Arg Asn Asp Phe Leu Ala Gly Asn Asn Ile Leu Ala Gln 775 780 785 ctt ggg aag tat gaa aaa acg gac ggt act ttt gca caa atg ggc gat 3540 Leu Gly Lys Tyr Glu Lys Thr Asp Gly Thr Phe Ala Gln Met Gly Asp 790 795 800 tta aat ttc agt ttt aac ccg ttt tat agc cga ttt acc gaa gcg tta 3588 Leu Asn Phe Ser Phe Asn Pro Phe Tyr Ser Arg Phe Thr Glu Ala Leu 805 810 815 aat tta acc gag caa caa cgt cgc aca att aat cta acc ggc acc ggt 3636 Asn Leu Thr Glu Gln Gln Arg Arg Thr Ile Asn Leu Thr Gly Thr Gly 820 825 830 835 cgg gtt cgg gat ttg cgt gaa gcc gcc gca ctt tct gag gag ttg gct 3684 Arg Val Arg Asp Leu Arg Glu Ala Ala Ala Leu Ser Glu Glu Leu Ala 840 845 850 gct tta tta caa cag tac act aag gcc tcc gat ttt cag gca caa cga 3732 Ala Leu Leu Gln Gln Tyr Thr Lys Ala Ser Asp Phe Gln Ala Gln Arg 855 860 865 gaa tta ttg cct gcc att tta gat aaa tgg gcg gca acg gat tta cag 3780 Glu Leu Leu Pro Ala Ile Leu Asp Lys Trp Ala Ala Thr Asp Leu Gln 870 875 880 tat caa cat tat gat aaa aca tta ctt aaa acg gta gaa agt acc gat 3828 Tyr Gln His Tyr Asp Lys Thr Leu Leu Lys Thr Val Glu Ser Thr Asp 885 890 895 agt agt gct tct gtc gtt aga gtc acg cct tct caa tta agt agt ata 3876 Ser Ser Ala Ser Val Val Arg Val Thr Pro Ser Gln Leu Ser Ser Ile 900 905 910 915 cgc aat gca aag cat gat cct acc gtt atg caa aac ttt gaa cag agt 3924 Arg Asn Ala Lys His Asp Pro Thr Val Met Gln Asn Phe Glu Gln Ser 920 925 930 aag gca aaa att gcg act tta aat tcg ctc tac ggg tta aat atc gat 3972 Lys Ala Lys Ile Ala Thr Leu Asn Ser Leu Tyr Gly Leu Asn Ile Asp 935 940 945 caa ctt tat tac acg acg gat aaa gac att cgc tat att act gat aaa 4020 Gln Leu Tyr Tyr Thr Thr Asp Lys Asp Ile Arg Tyr Ile Thr Asp Lys 950 955 960 gtg aat aat atg tat caa aca acc gta gaa ctt gcc tac cgt tct tta 4068 Val Asn Asn Met Tyr Gln Thr Thr Val Glu Leu Ala Tyr Arg Ser Leu 965 970 975 ctt tta caa acg cgt ttg aag aaa tat gtt tat agc gtt aat gcg aaa 4116 Leu Leu Gln Thr Arg Leu Lys Lys Tyr Val Tyr Ser Val Asn Ala Lys 980 985 990 995 caa ttc gaa ggg aaa tgg gta acc gat tat tct cgt act gaa gcc tta 4164 Gln Phe Glu Gly Lys Trp Val Thr Asp Tyr Ser Arg Thr Glu Ala Leu 1000 1005 1010 ttt aac tct act ttt aaa caa tcg cct gaa aat gca tta tat gat tta 4212 Phe Asn Ser Thr Phe Lys Gln Ser Pro Glu Asn Ala Leu Tyr Asp Leu 1015 1020 1025 agc gaa tac ctt tct ttc ttt aac gat cct acg gaa tgg aaa gaa ggg 4260 Ser Glu Tyr Leu Ser Phe Phe Asn Asp Pro Thr Glu Trp Lys Glu Gly 1030 1035 1040 cta tta ctg tta agc cgt tat ata gat tat gct aaa gca caa gga ttt 4308 Leu Leu Leu Leu Ser Arg Tyr Ile Asp Tyr Ala Lys Ala Gln Gly Phe 1045 1050 1055 tat gaa aac tgg gcg gct act tct aac tta act att gcc cgt tta aga 4356 Tyr Glu Asn Trp Ala Ala Thr Ser Asn Leu Thr Ile Ala Arg Leu Arg 1060 1065 1070 1075 gag gct gga gta att ttt gca gaa tcg acg gat tta aaa ggc gat gaa 4404 Glu Ala Gly Val Ile Phe Ala Glu Ser Thr Asp Leu Lys Gly Asp Glu 1080 1085 1090 aaa aat aat att ttg tta ggt agc caa aaa gat aat aac tta tcg ggt 4452 Lys Asn Asn Ile Leu Leu Gly Ser Gln Lys Asp Asn Asn Leu Ser Gly 1095 1100 1105 agt gca ggt gat gat cta ctt atc ggc gga gag ggt aat gat acg tta 4500 Ser Ala Gly Asp Asp Leu Leu Ile Gly Gly Glu Gly Asn Asp Thr Leu 1110 1115 1120 aaa ggc agc tac ggt gca gac acc tat atc ttt agc aaa gga cac gga 4548 Lys Gly Ser Tyr Gly Ala Asp Thr Tyr Ile Phe Ser Lys Gly His Gly 1125 1130 1135 cag gat atc gtt tat gaa gat acc aat aat gat aac cgc gca aga gat 4596 Gln Asp Ile Val Tyr Glu Asp Thr Asn Asn Asp Asn Arg Ala Arg Asp 1140 1145 1150 1155 atc gac acc tta aaa ttt acc gat gtg aat tat gcg gaa gtg aag ttt 4644 Ile Asp Thr Leu Lys Phe Thr Asp Val Asn Tyr Ala Glu Val Lys Phe 1160 1165 1170 cga cga gta gat aat gac tta atg tta ttc ggt tat cat gat acg gat 4692 Arg Arg Val Asp Asn Asp Leu Met Leu Phe Gly Tyr His Asp Thr Asp 1175 1180 1185 tcg gtc acg gta aaa tcc ttc tac agc cat gta gat tat caa ttt gac 4740 Ser Val Thr Val Lys Ser Phe Tyr Ser His Val Asp Tyr Gln Phe Asp 1190 1195 1200 aaa ttg gag ttt gct gac cgc agt ata act cgc gat gaa ctg att aaa 4788 Lys Leu Glu Phe Ala Asp Arg Ser Ile Thr Arg Asp Glu Leu Ile Lys 1205 1210 1215 gca ggg ctt cat cta tac ggc acc gat ggc aat gat gat ata aag gat 4836 Ala Gly Leu His Leu Tyr Gly Thr Asp Gly Asn Asp Asp Ile Lys Asp 1220 1225 1230 1235 cat gcg gat tgg gac agc att ttg gaa ggc ggc aaa ggc aac gat att 4884 His Ala Asp Trp Asp Ser Ile Leu Glu Gly Gly Lys Gly Asn Asp Ile 1240 1245 1250 cta aga ggt ggc tac ggt gcg gac acc tat atc ttt agc aaa gga cac 4932 Leu Arg Gly Gly Tyr Gly Ala Asp Thr Tyr Ile Phe Ser Lys Gly His 1255 1260 1265 gga cag gat atc gtt tat gaa gat acc aat aat gat aac cgc gca aga 4980 Gly Gln Asp Ile Val Tyr Glu Asp Thr Asn Asn Asp Asn Arg Ala Arg 1270 1275 1280 gat atc gac acc tta aaa ttt act gat gtg aat tat gcg gaa gtg aaa 5028 Asp Ile Asp Thr Leu Lys Phe Thr Asp Val Asn Tyr Ala Glu Val Lys 1285 1290 1295 ttc cga cga gta gat aat gac tta atg tta ttc ggt tat cat gat acg 5076 Phe Arg Arg Val Asp Asn Asp Leu Met Leu Phe Gly Tyr His Asp Thr 1300 1305 1310 1315 gat tcg gtc acg ata aaa tcc ttc tac aac cat gta gat tat caa ttt 5124 Asp Ser Val Thr Ile Lys Ser Phe Tyr Asn His Val Asp Tyr Gln Phe 1320 1325 1330 gac aaa ttg gaa ttt gct gac cgc agt ata act cgt gat gaa cta ggt 5172 Asp Lys Leu Glu Phe Ala Asp Arg Ser Ile Thr Arg Asp Glu Leu Gly 1335 1340 1345 aaa caa ggt atg gca tta ttt ggc act gac ggt gat gat aat atc aac 5220 Lys Gln Gly Met Ala Leu Phe Gly Thr Asp Gly Asp Asp Asn Ile Asn 1350 1355 1360 gac tgg gga cgt aac tcg gtg att gat gcc ggt gcg ggt aat gat acg 5268 Asp Trp Gly Arg Asn Ser Val Ile Asp Ala Gly Ala Gly Asn Asp Thr 1365 1370 1375 gtt aat ggc ggt aat ggc gat gac acc ctc atc ggc ggc aaa ggt aat 5316 Val Asn Gly Gly Asn Gly Asp Asp Thr Leu Ile Gly Gly Lys Gly Asn 1380 1385 1390 1395 gat att cta aga ggt ggc tac ggt gcg gac acc tat atc ttt agc aaa 5364 Asp Ile Leu Arg Gly Gly Tyr Gly Ala Asp Thr Tyr Ile Phe Ser Lys 1400 1405 1410 gga cac gga cag gat atc gtt tat gaa gat acc aat aat gat aac cgc 5412 Gly His Gly Gln Asp Ile Val Tyr Glu Asp Thr Asn Asn Asp Asn Arg 1415 1420 1425 gca aga gat atc gac acc tta aaa ttt acc gat gtg aat tat gcg gaa 5460 Ala Arg Asp Ile Asp Thr Leu Lys Phe Thr Asp Val Asn Tyr Ala Glu 1430 1435 1440 gtg aaa ttc cga cga gta gat aat gac tta atg tta ttc ggt tat cat 5508 Val Lys Phe Arg Arg Val Asp Asn Asp Leu Met Leu Phe Gly Tyr His 1445 1450 1455 gat acg gat tcg gtc acg gta aaa tcc ttc tac agc cat gta gat tat 5556 Asp Thr Asp Ser Val Thr Val Lys Ser Phe Tyr Ser His Val Asp Tyr 1460 1465 1470 1475 caa ttt gac aaa ttg gag ttt gct gac cgc agt ata act cgc gat gaa 5604 Gln Phe Asp Lys Leu Glu Phe Ala Asp Arg Ser Ile Thr Arg Asp Glu 1480 1485 1490 ctg att aaa gca ggg ctt cat cta tac ggc acc gat ggc aat gat gat 5652 Leu Ile Lys Ala Gly Leu His Leu Tyr Gly Thr Asp Gly Asn Asp Asp 1495 1500 1505 ata aag gat cat gcg gat tgg gac agc att ttg gaa ggc ggc aaa ggc 5700 Ile Lys Asp His Ala Asp Trp Asp Ser Ile Leu Glu Gly Gly Lys Gly 1510 1515 1520 aac gat att cta aga ggt ggc tac ggt gcg gac acc tat atc ttt agc 5748 Asn Asp Ile Leu Arg Gly Gly Tyr Gly Ala Asp Thr Tyr Ile Phe Ser 1525 1530 1535 aaa gga cac gga cag gat atc gtt tat gaa gat acc aat aat gat aac 5796 Lys Gly His Gly Gln Asp Ile Val Tyr Glu Asp Thr Asn Asn Asp Asn 1540 1545 1550 1555 cga gca aga gat atc gac acc tta aaa ttt act gat gtg aat tat gcg 5844 Arg Ala Arg Asp Ile Asp Thr Leu Lys Phe Thr Asp Val Asn Tyr Ala 1560 1565 1570 gaa gtg aaa ttc cga cga gta gat aat gac tta atg tta ttc ggt tat 5892 Glu Val Lys Phe Arg Arg Val Asp Asn Asp Leu Met Leu Phe Gly Tyr 1575 1580 1585 cat gat acg gat tcg gtc acg ata aaa tcc ttc tac aac cat gta gat 5940 His Asp Thr Asp Ser Val Thr Ile Lys Ser Phe Tyr Asn His Val Asp 1590 1595 1600 tat caa ttt gac aaa ttg gaa ttt gct gac cgc agt ata act cgt gat 5988 Tyr Gln Phe Asp Lys Leu Glu Phe Ala Asp Arg Ser Ile Thr Arg Asp 1605 1610 1615 gaa cta ggt aaa caa ggt atg gca tta ttt ggc act gac ggt gat gat 6036 Glu Leu Gly Lys Gln Gly Met Ala Leu Phe Gly Thr Asp Gly Asp Asp 1620 1625 1630 1635 aat atc aac gac tgg gga cgt aac tcg gtg att gat gcc ggt gcg ggt 6084 Asn Ile Asn Asp Trp Gly Arg Asn Ser Val Ile Asp Ala Gly Ala Gly 1640 1645 1650 aat gat acg gtt aat ggc ggt aat ggc gat gac acc ctc atc ggc ggc 6132 Asn Asp Thr Val Asn Gly Gly Asn Gly Asp Asp Thr Leu Ile Gly Gly 1655 1660 1665 aaa ggt aat gat att cta aga ggt ggc tac ggt gcg gac acc tat atc 6180 Lys Gly Asn Asp Ile Leu Arg Gly Gly Tyr Gly Ala Asp Thr Tyr Ile 1670 1675 1680 ttt agc aaa gga cac gga cag gat atc gtt tat gaa gat acc aat aat 6228 Phe Ser Lys Gly His Gly Gln Asp Ile Val Tyr Glu Asp Thr Asn Asn 1685 1690 1695 gat aac cgc gca aga gat atc gac acc tta aaa ttt act gat att aat 6276 Asp Asn Arg Ala Arg Asp Ile Asp Thr Leu Lys Phe Thr Asp Ile Asn 1700 1705 1710 1715 tta tcc gaa ctt tgg ttt agc cga gaa aat aac gat ttg att att aaa 6324 Leu Ser Glu Leu Trp Phe Ser Arg Glu Asn Asn Asp Leu Ile Ile Lys 1720 1725 1730 tca tta tta agt gag gat aaa gtc acg gtt caa aat tgg tat tca cac 6372 Ser Leu Leu Ser Glu Asp Lys Val Thr Val Gln Asn Trp Tyr Ser His 1735 1740 1745 caa gat cat aaa ata gaa aat att cgt tta tcg aat gag caa acg ttg 6420 Gln Asp His Lys Ile Glu Asn Ile Arg Leu Ser Asn Glu Gln Thr Leu 1750 1755 1760 gtg agc act cag gtg gag aag atg gtt gag tcg atg gcc ggc ttt gct 6468 Val Ser Thr Gln Val Glu Lys Met Val Glu Ser Met Ala Gly Phe Ala 1765 1770 1775 gag aag cac gga gga gag ata tct ctt gtg tcg ctt gaa gag gta aaa 6516 Gln Lys His Gly Gly Glu Ile Ser Leu Val Ser Leu Glu Glu Val Lys 1780 1785 1790 1795 caa tat atc aat agc tta aca gct gct tta taa catacgaaag aaatcggcac 6569 Gln Tyr Ile Asn Ser Leu Thr Ala Ala Leu 1800 1805 agtttttttg aactgtgccg atttgatttt agtgtaagaa tatagcctga ttttaagaaa 6629 tttactcttg gctaataact atttcccatt ttataagtta ttgacggatg gttttatcaa 6689 atatgagatc aaatcttatt ttaaattcgc tttccattaa gcgatat 6736 6 150 PRT Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae 6 Ile Asp Met Pro Pro Gly Thr Gly Asp Ile Gln Leu Thr Leu Ser Gln 1 5 10 15 Gln Ile Pro Val Thr Gly Ala Val Val Val Thr Thr Pro Gln Asp Ile 20 25 30 Ala Leu Leu Asp Ala Val Lys Gly Ile Ser Met Phe Gln Lys Val Ser 35 40 45 Val Pro Val Leu Gly Ile Ile Glu Asn Met Ser Val His Ile Cys Gln 50 55 60 Asn Cys Gly His His Glu Asp Ile Phe Gly Thr Gly Gly Ala Glu Lys 65 70 75 80 Val Ala Lys Lys Tyr Gly Thr Lys Val Leu Gly Gln Met Pro Leu His 85 90 95 Ile Arg Leu Arg Gln Asp Leu Asp Ala Gly Thr Pro Thr Val Val Ala 100 105 110 Ala Pro Glu His Glu Thr Ser Arg Ala Tyr Ile Glu Leu Ala Ala Lys 115 120 125 Val Ala Ser Glu Leu Tyr Trp Gln Gly Ser Val Ile Pro Ser Glu Ile 130 135 140 Met Ile Arg Glu Val Lys 145 150 7 1805 PRT Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae 7 Met Thr Lys Leu Thr Met Gln Asp Val Thr Asn Leu Tyr Leu Tyr Lys 1 5 10 15 Thr Lys Thr Leu Pro Lys Asp Arg Leu Asp Asp Ser Leu Ile Ser Glu 20 25 30 Ile Gly Lys Gly Asp Asp Asp Ile Asp Arg Lys Glu Phe Met Val Gly 35 40 45 Pro Gly Arg Phe Val Thr Ala Asp Asn Phe Ser Val Val Arg Asp Phe 50 55 60 Phe Asn Ala Gly Lys Ser Arg Ile Ile Ala Pro Gln Val Pro Pro Ile 65 70 75 80 Arg Ser Gln Gln Glu Lys Ile Leu Val Gly Leu Lys Pro Gly Lys Tyr 85 90 95 Ser Lys Ala Gln Ile Leu Glu Met Leu Gly Tyr Thr Lys Gly Gly Glu 100 105 110 Val Val Asn Gly Met Phe Ala Gly Glu Val Gln Thr Leu Gly Phe Tyr 115 120 125 Asp Asp Gly Lys Gly Asp Leu Leu Glu Arg Ala Tyr Ile Trp Asn Thr 130 135 140 Thr Gly Phe Lys Met Ser Asp Asn Ala Phe Phe Val Ile Glu Glu Ser 145 150 155 160 Gly Lys Arg Tyr Ile Glu Asn Phe Gly Ile Glu Pro Leu Gly Lys Gln 165 170 175 Glu Asp Phe Asp Phe Val Gly Gly Phe Trp Ser Asn Leu Val Asn Arg 180 185 190 Gly Leu Glu Ser Ile Ile Asp Pro Ser Gly Ile Gly Gly Thr Val Asn 195 200 205 Leu Asn Phe Thr Gly Glu Val Glu Thr Tyr Thr Leu Asp Glu Thr Arg 210 215 220 Phe Lys Ala Glu Ala Ala Lys Lys Ser His Trp Ser Leu Val Asn Ala 225 230 235 240 Ala Lys Val Tyr Gly Gly Leu Asp Gln Ile Ile Lys Lys Leu Trp Asp 245 250 255 Ser Gly Ser Ile Lys His Leu Tyr Gln Asp Lys Asp Thr Gly Lys Leu 260 265 270 Lys Pro Ile Ile Tyr Gly Thr Ala Gly Asn Asp Ser Lys Ile Glu Gly 275 280 285 Thr Lys Ile Thr Arg Arg Ile Ala Gly Lys Glu Val Thr Leu Asp Ile 290 295 300 Ala Asn Gln Lys Ile Glu Lys Gly Val Leu Glu Lys Leu Gly Leu Ser 305 310 315 320 Val Ser Gly Ser Asp Ile Ile Lys Leu Leu Phe Gly Ala Leu Thr Pro 325 330 335 Thr Leu Asn Arg Met Leu Leu Ser Gln Leu Ile Gln Ser Phe Ser Asp 340 345 350 Ser Leu Ala Lys Leu Asp Asn Pro Leu Ala Pro Tyr Thr Lys Asn Gly 355 360 365 Val Val Tyr Val Thr Gly Lys Gly Asn Asp Val Leu Lys Gly Thr Glu 370 375 380 His Glu Asp Leu Phe Leu Gly Gly Glu Gly Asn Asp Thr Tyr Tyr Ala 385 390 395 400 Arg Val Gly Asp Thr Ile Glu Asp Ala Asp Gly Lys Gly Lys Val Tyr 405 410 415 Phe Val Arg Glu Lys Gly Val Pro Lys Ala Asp Pro Lys Arg Val Glu 420 425 430 Phe Ser Glu Tyr Ile Thr Lys Glu Glu Ile Lys Glu Val Glu Lys Gly 435 440 445 Leu Leu Thr Tyr Ala Val Leu Glu Asn Tyr Asn Trp Glu Glu Lys Thr 450 455 460 Ala Thr Phe Ala His Ala Thr Met Leu Asn Glu Leu Phe Thr Asp Tyr 465 470 475 480 Thr Asn Tyr Arg Tyr Glu Val Lys Gly Leu Lys Leu Pro Ala Val Lys 485 490 495 Lys Leu Lys Ser Pro Leu Val Glu Phe Thr Ala Asp Leu Leu Thr Val 500 505 510 Thr Pro Ile Asp Glu Asn Gly Lys Ala Leu Ser Glu Lys Ser Ile Thr 515 520 525 Val Lys Asn Phe Lys Asn Gly Asp Leu Gly Ile Arg Leu Leu Asp Pro 530 535 540 Asn Ser Tyr Tyr Tyr Phe Leu Glu Gly Gln Asp Thr Gly Phe Tyr Gly 545 550 555 560 Pro Ala Phe Tyr Ile Glu Arg Lys Asn Gly Gly Gly Ala Lys Asn Asn 565 570 575 Ser Ser Gly Ala Gly Asn Ser Lys Asp Trp Gly Gly Asn Gly His Gly 580 585 590 Asn His Arg Asn Asn Ala Ser Asp Leu Asn Lys Pro Asp Gly Asn Asn 595 600 605 Gly Asn Asn Gln Asn Asn Gly Ser Asn Gln Asp Asn His Ser Asp Val 610 615 620 Asn Ala Pro Asn Asn Pro Gly Arg Asn Tyr Asp Ile Tyr Asp Pro Leu 625 630 635 640 Ala Leu Asp Leu Asp Gly Asp Gly Leu Glu Thr Val Ser Met Asn Gly 645 650 655 Arg Gln Gly Ala Leu Phe Asp His Glu Gly Lys Gly Ile Arg Thr Ala 660 665 670 Thr Gly Trp Leu Ala Ala Asp Asp Gly Phe Leu Val Leu Asp Arg Asn 675 680 685 Gln Asp Gly Ile Ile Asn Asp Ile Ser Glu Leu Phe Ser Asn Lys Asn 690 695 700 Gln Leu Ser Asp Gly Ser Ile Ser Ala His Gly Phe Ala Thr Leu Ala 705 710 715 720 Asp Leu Asp Thr Asn Gln Asp Gln Arg Ile Asp Gln Asn Asp Lys Leu 725 730 735 Phe Ser Lys Leu Gln Ile Trp Arg Asp Leu Asn Gln Asn Gly Phe Ser 740 745 750 Glu Ala Asn Glu Leu Phe Ser Leu Glu Ser Leu Asn Ile Lys Ser Leu 755 760 765 His Thr Ala Tyr Glu Glu Arg Asn Asp Phe Leu Ala Gly Asn Asn Ile 770 775 780 Leu Ala Gln Leu Gly Lys Tyr Glu Lys Thr Asp Gly Thr Phe Ala Gln 785 790 795 800 Met Gly Asp Leu Asn Phe Ser Phe Asn Pro Phe Tyr Ser Arg Phe Thr 805 810 815 Glu Ala Leu Asn Leu Thr Glu Gln Gln Arg Arg Thr Ile Asn Leu Thr 820 825 830 Gly Thr Gly Arg Val Arg Asp Leu Arg Glu Ala Ala Ala Leu Ser Glu 835 840 845 Glu Leu Ala Ala Leu Leu Gln Gln Tyr Thr Lys Ala Ser Asp Phe Gln 850 855 860 Ala Gln Arg Glu Leu Leu Pro Ala Ile Leu Asp Lys Trp Ala Ala Thr 865 870 875 880 Asp Leu Gln Tyr Gln His Tyr Asp Lys Thr Leu Leu Lys Thr Val Glu 885 890 895 Ser Thr Asp Ser Ser Ala Ser Val Val Arg Val Thr Pro Ser Gln Leu 900 905 910 Ser Ser Ile Arg Asn Ala Lys His Asp Pro Thr Val Met Gln Asn Phe 915 920 925 Glu Gln Ser Lys Ala Lys Ile Ala Thr Leu Asn Ser Leu Tyr Gly Leu 930 935 940 Asn Ile Asp Gln Leu Tyr Tyr Thr Thr Asp Lys Asp Ile Arg Tyr Ile 945 950 955 960 Thr Asp Lys Val Asn Asn Met Tyr Gln Thr Thr Val Glu Leu Ala Tyr 965 970 975 Arg Ser Leu Leu Leu Gln Thr Arg Leu Lys Lys Tyr Val Tyr Ser Val 980 985 990 Asn Ala Lys Gln Phe Glu Gly Lys Trp Val Thr Asp Tyr Ser Arg Thr 995 1000 1005 Glu Ala Leu Phe Asn Ser Thr Phe Lys Gln Ser Pro Glu Asn Ala Leu 1010 1015 1020 Tyr Asp Leu Ser Glu Tyr Leu Ser Phe Phe Asn Asp Pro Thr Glu Trp 1025 1030 1035 1040 Lys Glu Gly Leu Leu Leu Leu Ser Arg Tyr Ile Asp Tyr Ala Lys Ala 1045 1050 1055 Gln Gly Phe Tyr Glu Asn Trp Ala Ala Thr Ser Asn Leu Thr Ile Ala 1060 1065 1070 Arg Leu Arg Glu Ala Gly Val Ile Phe Ala Glu Ser Thr Asp Leu Lys 1075 1080 1085 Gly Asp Glu Lys Asn Asn Ile Leu Leu Gly Ser Gln Lys Asp Asn Asn 1090 1095 1100 Leu Ser Gly Ser Ala Gly Asp Asp Leu Leu Ile Gly Gly Glu Gly Asn 1105 1110 1115 1120 Asp Thr Leu Lys Gly Ser Tyr Gly Ala Asp Thr Tyr Ile Phe Ser Lys 1125 1130 1135 Gly His Gly Gln Asp Ile Val Tyr Glu Asp Thr Asn Asn Asp Asn Arg 1140 1145 1150 Ala Arg Asp Ile Asp Thr Leu Lys Phe Thr Asp Val Asn Tyr Ala Glu 1155 1160 1165 Val Lys Phe Arg Arg Val Asp Asn Asp Leu Met Leu Phe Gly Tyr His 1170 1175 1180 Asp Thr Asp Ser Val Thr Val Lys Ser Phe Tyr Ser His Val Asp Tyr 1185 1190 1195 1200 Gln Phe Asp Lys Leu Glu Phe Ala Asp Arg Ser Ile Thr Arg Asp Glu 1205 1210 1215 Leu Ile Lys Ala Gly Leu His Leu Tyr Gly Thr Asp Gly Asn Asp Asp 1220 1225 1230 Ile Lys Asp His Ala Asp Trp Asp Ser Ile Leu Glu Gly Gly Lys Gly 1235 1240 1245 Asn Asp Ile Leu Arg Gly Gly Tyr Gly Ala Asp Thr Tyr Ile Phe Ser 1250 1255 1260 Lys Gly His Gly Gln Asp Ile Val Tyr Glu Asp Thr Asn Asn Asp Asn 1265 1270 1275 1280 Arg Ala Arg Asp Ile Asp Thr Leu Lys Phe Thr Asp Val Asn Tyr Ala 1285 1290 1295 Glu Val Lys Phe Arg Arg Val Asp Asn Asp Leu Met Leu Phe Gly Tyr 1300 1305 1310 His Asp Thr Asp Ser Val Thr Ile Lys Ser Phe Tyr Asn His Val Asp 1315 1320 1325 Tyr Gln Phe Asp Lys Leu Glu Phe Ala Asp Arg Ser Ile Thr Arg Asp 1330 1335 1340 Glu Leu Gly Lys Gln Gly Met Ala Leu Phe Gly Thr Asp Gly Asp Asp 1345 1350 1355 1360 Asn Ile Asn Asp Trp Gly Arg Asn Ser Val Ile Asp Ala Gly Ala Gly 1365 1370 1375 Asn Asp Thr Val Asn Gly Gly Asn Gly Asp Asp Thr Leu Ile Gly Gly 1380 1385 1390 Lys Gly Asn Asp Ile Leu Arg Gly Gly Tyr Gly Ala Asp Thr Tyr Ile 1395 1400 1405 Phe Ser Lys Gly His Gly Gln Asp Ile Val Tyr Glu Asp Thr Asn Asn 1410 1415 1420 Asp Asn Arg Ala Arg Asp Ile Asp Thr Leu Lys Phe Thr Asp Val Asn 1425 1430 1435 1440 Tyr Ala Glu Val Lys Phe Arg Arg Val Asp Asn Asp Leu Met Leu Phe 1445 1450 1455 Gly Tyr His Asp Thr Asp Ser Val Thr Val Lys Ser Phe Tyr Ser His 1460 1465 1470 Val Asp Tyr Gln Phe Asp Lys Leu Glu Phe Ala Asp Arg Ser Ile Thr 1475 1480 1485 Arg Asp Glu Leu Ile Lys Ala Gly Leu His Leu Tyr Gly Thr Asp Gly 1490 1495 1500 Asn Asp Asp Ile Lys Asp His Ala Asp Trp Asp Ser Ile Leu Glu Gly 1505 1510 1515 1520 Gly Lys Gly Asn Asp Ile Leu Arg Gly Gly Tyr Gly Ala Asp Thr Tyr 1525 1530 1535 Ile Phe Ser Lys Gly His Gly Gln Asp Ile Val Tyr Glu Asp Thr Asn 1540 1545 1550 Asn Asp Asn Arg Ala Arg Asp Ile Asp Thr Leu Lys Phe Thr Asp Val 1555 1560 1565 Asn Tyr Ala Glu Val Lys Phe Arg Arg Val Asp Asn Asp Leu Met Leu 1570 1575 1580 Phe Gly Tyr His Asp Thr Asp Ser Val Thr Ile Lys Ser Phe Tyr Asn 1585 1590 1595 1600 His Val Asp Tyr Gln Phe Asp Lys Leu Glu Phe Ala Asp Arg Ser Ile 1605 1610 1615 Thr Arg Asp Glu Leu Gly Lys Gln Gly Met Ala Leu Phe Gly Thr Asp 1620 1625 1630 Gly Asp Asp Asn Ile Asn Asp Trp Gly Arg Asn Ser Val Ile Asp Ala 1635 1640 1645 Gly Ala Gly Asn Asp Thr Val Asn Gly Gly Asn Gly Asp Asp Thr Leu 1650 1655 1660 Ile Gly Gly Lys Gly Asn Asp Ile Leu Arg Gly Gly Tyr Gly Ala Asp 1665 1670 1675 1680 Thr Tyr Ile Phe Ser Lys Gly His Gly Gln Asp Ile Val Tyr Glu Asp 1685 1690 1695 Thr Asn Asn Asp Asn Arg Ala Arg Asp Ile Asp Thr Leu Lys Phe Thr 1700 1705 1710 Asp Ile Asn Leu Ser Glu Leu Trp Phe Ser Arg Glu Asn Asn Asp Leu 1715 1720 1725 Ile Ile Lys Ser Leu Leu Ser Glu Asp Lys Val Thr Val Gln Asn Trp 1730 1735 1740 Tyr Ser His Gln Asp His Lys Ile Glu Asn Ile Arg Leu Ser Asn Glu 1745 1750 1755 1760 Gln Thr Leu Val Ser Thr Gln Val Glu Lys Met Val Glu Ser Met Ala 1765 1770 1775 Gly Phe Ala Gln Lys His Gly Gly Glu Ile Ser Leu Val Ser Leu Glu 1780 1785 1790 Glu Val Lys Gln Tyr Ile Asn Ser Leu Thr Ala Ala Leu 1795 1800 1805 8 18 DNA Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae 8 tggcactgac ggtgatga 18 9 18 DNA Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae 9 ggccatcgac tcaaccat 18 10 26 DNA Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae 10 agccatatgg gcgatttaaa tttcag 26 11 24 DNA Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae 11 tatggatcct ccgtgcttct gagc 24 12 20 DNA Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae 12 gggacagtgg ctcaattaag 20 13 20 DNA Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae 13 agctgtaaac tccaccaacg 20 14 28 DNA Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae 14 cgccatatga caaaattaac tatgcaag 28 15 26 DNA Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae 15 cgcgaattca gcgacacaag agatat 26 16 9 PRT Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae 16 Tyr Ser Asp Ser Ala Asn Ser Lys Lys 1 5 

1-6. (canceled)
 7. A nucleotide sequence harbouring the promoter controlling the expression of the apxIV gene.
 8. The nucleotide sequence according to claim 7, characterized in that it comprises the DNA fragment from position 451 to 1132 of SEQ ID NO: 5 or a subfragment thereof still having promoter activity.
 9. The nucleotide sequence according to claim 7, characterized in that it comprises the DNA fragment FROM POSITION 617 TO 641 OF SEQ ID NO:5. 10-19. (canceled) 